By Tafue Lusama* This article was issued by the Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. SUVA, Fiji, 25 April 2023 (IDN) — The global climate narrative has been largely shaped by Eurocentric philosophies, frameworks, and concepts. In most cases, adaptation and mitigation measures are formulated outside of the Pacific region, trialed, […]
Guatemala Needs Peace and Justice
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden, 25 April 2023 (IDN) — Twenty years after 200,000 unnecessary deaths, 40,000 “disappearances” and 440 decimated villages, peace formally came to the last redoubt of the Central American war zone, Guatemala, in 1996. Put it up there with Rwanda, Cambodia, ex-Yugoslavia and today, the Congo as one of the great […]
Sri Lanka’s Kingdom of Ruhuna, Home of a World Heritage Site
Authored by Suriya Jayalath Perera Reviewed by Nandasiri (Nandi) Jasentuliyana, Former Deputy Director-General of the United Nations. LOS ANGELES, 24 April 2023 (IDN) — The launch of an important new book took place during the opening ceremony of the ‘Sri Lanka in Focus’ Photographic Exhibition at the Art Gallery of the University of California Los […]
Namibia’s Petroleum Bosses Rake in Cash
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 24 April 2023 (IDN) — If you’re going to bulldoze someone’s land, pollute water sources and drill for oil, get permission. That’s what Gobonamang Kgetho, a local fisherman, is holding against a Canadian oil and gas firm exploring in the oil-rich Kavango Basin of Namibia, driving through […]
Nigerian College Code Bans Extended Eyelashes and Long Nails
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 23 April 2023 (IDN) — “Indecent dressing” is hereby banned for students and staff under a strict new code at the prestigious Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu State, Nigeria, among other schools,. The Vice Chancellor, Rev. Fr. Christian Anieke, announced the details to students returning from holiday breaks. […]
Hunger and Poverty Grip Zimbabwe As It Commemorates Independence
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 23 April 2023 (IDN) — “On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I congratulate the Zimbabwean people as you celebrate the 43rd anniversary of your independence,” said US Ambassador Pamela M. Tremont to the landlocked southern African country. “The United States remains committed […]
Modi and Dalai Lama Helm Global Buddhist Summit Promoting Peace
By Lim Kooi Fong This article is the 52nd in a series of joint productions of Lotus News Features and IDN-InDepthNews, the flagship agency of the Non-profit International Press Syndicate. Click here for previous reports. NEW DELHI, 23 April 2023 (IDN | Buddhist Channel | Buddhistdoor) — A major Buddhist gathering in the Indian capital […]
UN Impotent as North Korean Nuclear Caravan Moves On
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, 22 April 2023 (IDN) — A 2.0 updated version of an old Middle Eastern proverb reads: The dogs bark, but the North Korean nuclear caravan continues to move on. The intercontinental ballistic missiles arrive non-stop from an apparent North Korean assembly line. Every launch is followed by widespread criticisms. But […]
Pacific Island Nations Embark on Addressing Human Trafficking
By Kalinga Seneviratne SUVA, Fiji, 22 April 2023 (IDN) — Since opening borders after the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia and New Zealand have been aggressively sourcing for Pacific Islander workers to help fill a severe labour shortage in their countries. In the meantime, with investments from Asia, especially China and Korea, increasing in the region, Asian […]
Amnesty Warns of Catastrophe As Weapons Flood Sudan
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 21 April 2023 (IDN) — Meddling by foreign powers is said to have kept an intractable fire burning for years between an Arab-led government in Khartoum and an independent Republic of Sudan in the South. But it is inarguable that arms sales from Western countries have kept […]