After the US invasion of Iraq in March 2003, in what transpired as a fruitless search for weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) that did not exist, IDN’s Editor-at-Large Thalif Deen, a senior UN correspondent, wrote a series of articles strongly critical of the invasion and the foreign policy of the Bush administration. The articles obviously […]
History: Bogged Down in Iraq, US Crawls Back To UN
By Rodney Reynolds UNITED NATIONS | 30 June 2024 (IDN) — After the US invasion of Iraq in March 2003, in what transpired as a fruitless search for weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) that did not exist, IDN’s Editor-at-Large Thalif Deen, a senior UN correspondent, wrote a series of articles strongly critical of the invasion […]
Netanyahu Is Israel’s Most Dangerous Enemy
By Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 30 June 2024 (IDN) — None of Israel’s enemies pose a greater danger to Israel than Netanyahu and his messianic government. I make the case against him based on his policies, actions, and public statements, which consistently and unequivocally demonstrate that he alone is responsible for the perilous state […]
Next Asian Hotspot: “Outsiders” Could Trigger Conflict in The Himalayas
Viewpoint by Kalinga Seneviratne BANGKOK | 27 June 2023 (IDN) — Current geopolitical tensions in the Asian region — what China calls “outsiders interfering in the region to create conflict”— spreading to India’s Himalayan borders, threatening India’s and the region’s security. The conflict in India’s north-eastern state of Manipur bordering Myanmar is already beginning to […]
Tanzania: Livestock Sector Gets Climate-Smart Boost
By Kizito Makoye Shigela IRINGA, Tanzania | 27 June 2024 (IDN) — Sitting under the shade of a baobab tree, Leinot Leboo watches his cattle as they drink from a dam. This scene starkly contrasts with the village’s troubled past as a hotspot for fistfights. The 47-year-old herder at Ikolongo village, Iringa region in Tanzania’s […]
Ocean Currents Bringing Plastic Waste to Tonga
By Malia Kavai* NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga | 25 June 2024 (IDN | Wansolwara) — Ocean currents across the vast Pacific Ocean are bringing plastic wastes to Tonga. This is the warning from two visiting scholars from New Zealand. The two scholars, Professor Palatasa Havea from Massey University and Dr. Bridie Allan, a lecturer at Otago University, […]
After 20 Years of ‘Negative Peace’, Liberians Want Change
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 25 June 2024 (IDN) — In the past two decades, impunity has reigned supreme in Liberia, with suspected wartime criminals engaged in political intimidation, threats of renewed violence and doling out the spoils of war. Some have reinvented themselves as millionaires-cum-moguls, philanthropists, political kingmakers, ethno-nationalists or […]
Why Is Coverage of Civil War in Sudan Relegated to the Back Pages?
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 24 June 2024 (IDN) — The biggest hunger crisis in the world is unfolding in Sudan. As of now, more than half of the country’s 45 million people urgently need humanitarian assistance. A conflict on this scale should top the news agenda but it has been […]
South African Parliamentarian Stripped of Post Over Taped Racist Rant
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 24 June 2024 (IDN) — A recently sworn-in member of the South African parliament has been suspended for using racist language against Black people. The suspension of Renaldo Gouws of the white-led Democratic Alliance (DA) highlights the uneasy alliance between the DA and its governing coalition with […]
LGBTQ+ Activists Win Landmark Judgment from Namibian High Court
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 24 June 2024 (IDN) — Namibia’s high court has overturned a law that criminalized gay sex. The ruling is a victory for LGBTQ+ activists after a number of setbacks in the battle for rights in African countries in recent years. Namibia inherited a law banning sodomy […]