By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – A gold mine in Ethiopia’s most populous and restive region, Oromia, has been anything but a blessing. Residents claim that contamination from the mine, owned by an Ethiopia-born Saudi tycoon, has led to disastrous health problems. Locals say chemicals used to process gold at the […]
COVID-19 in Africa: WHO Urges Constant Vigilance as Cases Top 200,000
By Jamshed Baruah GENEVA (IDN) – At present, Africa has an only small fraction of more than 7.5 million COVID-19 affected people, nearly 423,000 of whom have died because of the Coronavirus worldwide. The virus has affected about 200,000 people on the 54-nation continent and killed 5,600. “Swift and early action by African countries has […]
Capping Week of Protests, UK Activists Topple Slave Trader’s Statue
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Years of inaction over the fate of an 18-foot statue of Edward Colston, a 17th century slave trader with the Royal African Company (RAC) was decided on June 7 with the toppling of Colston’s bronze statue in Bristol, England. The statue was pulled down by […]
The Thai Tourist Industry Wrecked, Despite Success in Controlling COVID-19
By Pattama Vilailert * BANGKOK (IDN) – On New Year’s Eve of 2020 when the Chinese authorities alerted the World Health Organization (WHO) of strange pneumonia cases in Wuhan City, Thailand’s tourism industry, the country’s primary gross domestic product (GDP) driver, was facing an unprecedented boom. But, six months later, the industry is on its […]
Australian Prime Minister and State Premier Battle Over Joining China’s BRI
By Kalinga Seneviratne SYDNEY (IDN) – A battle is brewing up between Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Victorian State Premier Daniel Andrews over an agreement the latter has signed with China to link his state with the joint infrastructure development to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo added […]
On ‘Unification Day’, Hopes Dim Among Liberians for Mending National Ties
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | MONROVIA (IDN) – Decades after Liberians agreed to close the chapter on years of disunity and nagging inequality between groups of African-American settlers and indigenous Liberians, efforts to solidify the nation’s fragile state of peace appear to have deadlocked. At a National Unification Day conference in […]
Did Japan Beat COVID-19 with a Decentralized Response?
A Grassroots Movement of Local Actions Has Been Credited for Success. Viewpoint by Dan Sanchez The writer is the Director of Content at the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and the editor of FEE.org. The article was originally published on FEE.org. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. ATLANTA, GA | […]
Timely New Book Warns India and China About Dangerous Manipulations in the Buddhist Himalayas
By Kalinga Seneviratne This article is the 41st in a series of joint productions of Lotus News Features and IDN-InDepthNews, the flagship of the International Press Syndicate. Click here for previous reports. SYDNEY (IDN) – At a time when the United States is ramping up its rhetoric against China triggering a new Cold War between […]
Africa Can Still Be on the Top
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) – Africa is suffering a double whammy after many years of success. The Coronavirus, while not taking down great numbers of people like in Europe, Asia and the Americas, has had a severe impact by curbing its exports in the face of the formers’ severe economic depression. For […]
On the Run Rwanda Genocide Suspect Nabbed in French Hideout
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Twenty-six years after financing the Rwandan genocide, wealthy businessman and most wanted fugitive, Felicien Kabuga, was nabbed in an upscale French hideout. It was a relief for prosecutors of the Rwandan Genocide tribunal who feared the 84-year-old Kabuga could die a free man. He stands […]