By Ben Chacko LONDON, 23 July 2023 (IDN | Morning Star) — Cuba has protested at the over the US deployment of a nuclear-armed submarine to its waters. The Cuban Foreign Ministry said (on 16 July) a nuclear submarine equipped with Trident II ballistic missiles had entered waters around Guantánamo Bay, the illegal US military base […]
Peace Planners: Awake!
By René Wadlow, President, Association of World Citizens GENEVA. 23 July 2023 (IDN) — The recent NATO Summit in Vilnius is an indication that the war planning community is busy at work in the spirit of Von Clausewitz that war is a continuation of politics by other means. Thus, there is a need for the peace […]
Modern Day Slavery – Even in the US
By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS. 22 July 2023 (IDN) — The United States banned slavery centuries ago—going back to December 1865, along with a 13th amendment to the American constitution. In 2021, the US declared “Juneteenth” —June 19—a federal holiday commemorating Emancipation Day and celebrating black history and black culture and the final days of […]
The Riots in France as Seen Through the ‘Long Take’
By Sam Ben-Meir* NEW YORK. 22 July 2023 (IDN) — On June 27, Nahel Merzouk, a 17-year-old French citizen of North African descent, was shot dead by a police officer in the Paris suburb of Nanterre when he attempted to drive off during a traffic check. His killing sparked protests and riots across France, especially […]
UN Staffer Among 20 Fellows Advancing Rights of Women & Girls
By Razeena Raheem UNITED NATIONS. 21 July 2023 (IDN) — A senior UN staffer, Shihana Mohamed—who is also a dedicated human rights activist and a strong advocate of gender empowerment—is one of 20 Fellows in the 2023 class of the “Public Voices Fellowship on Advancing the Rights of Women and Girls”. The US-based fellowship is […]
Why Ugandan President Museveni’s Video Shames Africa
By Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP newspaper based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA. 21 July 2023 (IDN) — There’s a trending video from nine years ago. If you watched it casually, you might in fact think that it was done yesterday. It was a clip of Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, narrating what happened in 2014 […]
UN Concerned About Developing Countries’ Debt
By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN. 21 July 2023 (IDN) — African countries pay four times more for borrowing than the United States and eight times more than the wealthiest European economies, a new United Nations report has found. It is not surprising, therefore, that colossal debt is having a grave impact on countries where 3.3 billion […]
How The Palestinian Leaders Contributed to The Disastrous Israeli Occupation
By Alon Ben-Meir* The following is the second installment in a series of three articles. The first addressed the occupation and Jewish values. The third will establish certain realities on the ground that are not subject to change and offer a framework for a permanent solution in the context of creating an Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian confederation. NEW YORK. 20 […]
Africa: New Report Shows Way to Mobilise Funds and Achieve Development Goals
PARIS. 19 July 2023 (IDN) — Africa needs an extra USD 1.6 trillion by 2030—USD 194 billion annually—to achieve its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), says a new report. The 2023 edition of Africa’s Development Dynamics calls upon African governments and their partners to improve information to investors, increase the capacity of African development finance institutions. By boosting […]
A Proposed UN Body to Regulate Artificial Intelligence
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS. 18 July 2023 (IDN) — As the United Nations continues to debate the positive and negative effects of artificial intelligence (AI), Secretary-General António Guterres laid down the two extremes: the potential benefits of AI to the world economy, running into trillions of dollars, and the devastation it could cause humanity—if […]