By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – “The water that quenches our thirst, the air that we breathe, the trees that provide shade and the animals that give us company, all make life real and creation complete.” So begins a prayer by an elder of the Maasai people of Tanzania whose traditional […]
Israel Welcomes Nauert as Haley’s Successor at the UN
By Bernhard Schell DUBAI (IDN) – Israel has hailed U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that he will nominate former Fox news reporter and current State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to be the U.S. ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations headquarters in New York, according to agencies and The Times of Israel. Nauert will […]
Ghanaian Inventor Eases Children’s Access to Schools Across Rivers
By Devendra Kamarajan ACCRA (IDN) – A young inventor, Frank Darko, has designed a water cycle to help Ghanaian children living in villages throughout the Volta region reach schools. Currently, they must swim or wade through at least one river every day to get to the nearest school. This is particularly dangerous during the rainy […]
UN Specialised Agency IFAD Joins 79-nation ACP to Rescue African Agriculture
IDN interviews IFAD President Gilbert Houngbo By Jeffrey Moyo HARARE (IDN) – Smallholder rural farmers in Zimbabwe are set to benefit from international funding intended to improve access to inputs, irrigation and the adoption of smart farming practices in the face of predicted El Nino-induced drought. On the first visit to Zimbabwe of a president […]
Africa Should Focus on Young People – Say Experts
By Ronald Joshua KIGALI (IDN) – Africa’s “easy decade” of accelerated economic growth is coming to an end, and only accelerated job creation and integration will ensure sustainable growth and development across the continent, Prof. Paul Collier, one of the world’s most influential development economists has warned. A Professor of Economics and Public Policy in […]
Africa Seeks Commitments to Fight Climate Threat at COP24
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Seyni Nafo, spokesman of the African delegation at the UN Climate Change Conference COP24 taking place in Katowice in southern Poland from December 2-14 is not one to mince words about the serious climate threat now facing the African continent. “We are the most vulnerable, […]
Muggings Mar Mandela Centenary Concert in South Africa
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | JOHANNESBURG (IDN) – A massive turnout of die-hard fans of superstars Beyonce and her husband Jay-Z filled every available square inch of the Johannesburg FNB stadium for the closing night of the Global Citizen Festival organized to honor the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nelson […]
Saudi Arabia’s Long-Term Goal of Going Nuclear – With U.S. Backing
By Shanta Roy NEW YORK (IDN) – The Trump administration’s increasingly cozy relationship with Saudi Arabia has led to widespread speculation that the United States may be assisting the Saudis – directly or indirectly – to achieve their long term goal of acquiring nuclear weapons. The speculation has been triggered by ongoing secret negotiations between […]
New Scrutiny of Nigerian Billions Swiped in Massive Fraud
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – It’s been called one of the biggest corruption cases in corporate history which has escaped the attention of much of the media and few have even heard about it. In the drama, playing out in an Italian court, two middlemen have been convicted for their […]
Behind Russian President Putin’s First Visit to Singapore
By Chris Cheang The author is a Senior Fellow with the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He served three tours of duty in the Singapore Embassy in Moscow between 1994 and 2013. A version of this article was first published on RSIS and then reproduced by the EastAsiaForum […]