By Baboki Kayawe* GABORONE (IDN-INPS) – Bogolo Kenewendo describes herself as having been “an ordinary Botswana child with an ordinary upbringing”. Kenewendo, poised and focused beyond her years, is being modest. At 32 she is Botswana’s youngest minister, in charge of investment, trade and industry. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics, specializing in […]
Sudanese Demands for a Civilian Government Remain Firm
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Protests that began over the skyrocketing price of bread and shortages of food and fuel have accomplished what few people believed was possible in a country ruled by a leader with an iron fist. A Sudanese people’s movement was born on the streets of Khartoum. […]
FAO Starts Giving Much-Needed Seeds to Cyclone Hit Mozambique
By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK | ROME (IDN) – While clock is ticking to reboot agriculture as secondary growing season is .already underway, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has started distribution of much-needed seeds and tools in cyclone-ravaged Mozambique. Nearly three weeks after the Tropical Cyclone Idai, which was […]
India Between Democracy and Religious Nationalism
By Milan Vaishnav The following are extensive excerpts from the Executive Summary of a study on ‘The BJP in Power: Indian Democracy and Religious Nationalism’ published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.The views represented herein are the authors’ own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees. The […]
African Nations Can Choose Their Own Destiny
Viewpoint by Beatrice Fihn Following are extensive excerpts from International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Executive Director Beatrice Fihn’s address to the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council on April 4, 2019 at the organization’s Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ADDIS ABABA (IDN-INPS) – Across the world we have seen the devastating impacts […]
South Africa a Shining Example of Dismantling Nuclear Arsenal
By J Nastranis NEW YORK (IDN) – As the nuclear weapons and fossil fuel divestment campaigns gather steam, their political impact could be as powerful as the divestment campaign against South Africa in the late 20th Century, which was a critical factor in moving the South African government to end apartheid in 1994, anticipates Thies […]
African Migrants Strive to Preserve Their Cultural Heritage
By Sharon Birch-Jeffrey* NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – To experience a taste of African culture deep inside the Big Apple, visitors – including many Senegalese – turn to Le Petit Senegal (Little Senegal), a West African neighborhood in West Harlem, New York. African grocery shops, fabric stores, hair braiding parlors and regional restaurants sit shoulder to […]
Angola Plans Manufacturing Russian Military Equipment
By Kester Kenn Klomegah* MOSCOW (IDN) – Many African countries are looking for profitable business, investment and trade rather than development aid. Now Angola, a south-central Africa, has announced corporate plans to diversify its state business away from purchasing to full-fledged manufacturing of Russian military equipment for the southern African market, and possibly other regions […]
Terrorism Comes Unannounced to Laid Back New Zealand
By Dr Palitha Kohona The writer, former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, and former Foreign Secretary, returned recently from a visit to New Zealand. COLOMBO (IDN) – White extremism and terrorism may appear to be uncoordinated and spontaneous. It certainly lacks the ‘viciousness incarnate’ tag conferred by the media […]
Russia and Angola Stuck between Diplomatic Rhetoric and Business Reality
By Kester Kenn Klomegah* MOSCOW (IDN) – Strengthening cooperation in trade, economy and culture, as well as current international and regional matters were top issues in talks between President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President João Lourenço of Angola at the Kremlin on April 4. Striking a personal note, the Angolan leader, who completed his […]