By Tor Wennesland The following are extensive excerpts from the Briefing by the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, on the Situation in the Middle East. UNITED NATIONS | 22 February 2024 (IDN) — As we approach 140 days of devastating war, there is still no end in sight. No end to […]
Kenyan Women Rally Against Gender-Based Violence
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 22 February 2024 (IDN) — Hundreds of women dressed in black gathered in Kenya’s capital at a vigil dubbed “Dark Valentine” to protest the rise in femicides in the country. More than 16 cases were reported by police and local media since the start of the […]
Gaza War: Biden Still Has the Chance to Prevent Genocide
By Jeffrey D. Sachs* This article was published in Common Dreams and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK | 20 February 2024 (IDN) — The cabinet of Israel’s Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu is filled with religious extremists who believe that Israel’s brutality in Gaza is at God’s command. According to the Book […]
Is Thailand the “Most Unequal Semi-Democratic” State In SE Asia?
By Jan Servaes BANGKOK| 18 February 2024 (IDN) — On January 31, 2024, the Constitutional Court in Bangkok ordered the kingdom’s most popular political party to end its campaign to amend the country’s infamous defamation law – the lèse majesté law or Article 112 of the Criminal Code. Thailand has one of the strictest lèse […]
Tensions Flare in Senegal as Government Unleashes Police Violence
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 17 February 2024 (IDN) — A constitutional conflict threatening the normally peaceful nation of Senegal has stumped Africa-watchers around the world, more accustomed to the nation’s popular beaches and cliffs, vibrant markets and glittering nightlife. Beneath the peaceful exterior, however, discontent has been brewing since Senegalese […]
Kenyan Superstar Runner and his Coach Die in Car Crash
Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 17 February 2024 (IDN) — Kelvin Kiptum, a superstar of long distance running and the first man to run the marathon in under two hours, died tragically in a late-night car crash in western Kenya. He died along with his coach, Gervais Hakizimana , when he veered […]
Nigeria: Battling with a Serious Cost-of-Living Crisis
By Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP newspaper based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA | 15 February 2024 (IDN) — I was going through some old files in my closet the other day when I saw some documents and receipts that absolutely cracked me up. Among the browning, time-worn papers was the […]
Asia-Pacific Will Not Achieve SDGs Before 2062, Says a UN Report
By Jutta Wolf BERLIN | 15 February 2024 (IDN) — The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has projected a delay until 2062 to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the region, missing the schedule by a staggering 32 years. The world leaders adopted the 17 Goals in 2015 […]
US Hunt for Bases in Africa Triggers Protests and Rivalry with China
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS | 13 February 2024 (IDN) — The US is perhaps the only country in the world with more than 750 military bases in over 80 nations, mostly in Western Europe, the Middle East and Asia, plus in some of the still-existing colonies and self-governing territories. But the only full-fledged US […]
NFL Turns to Africa to Build a Market Beyond the U.S.
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 13 February 2024 (IDN) — By the time you read this, the Super Bowl will be over and done. As will the Africa Cup of Nations 2023. What you may not have heard is how the league swapped the greenery of American football fields for an […]