By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden, 2 May 2023 (IDN) — Traditionally, old men have sent young men to fight the wars they have started. Today, if we look at the world-wide picture, it may be somewhat different. Old men may be shying away from war while young men are still beholden to it. The number […]
The War in Sudan Is Coming After Your Coca Cola
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 2 May 2023 (IDN) — Despite wall-to-wall coverage on our news shows and radio broadcasts, wars being fought today around the world seem so distant, so remote. Soundlessly, they rage on, and peace seems far from near. Could anything bring the war to our door? The answer, […]
Widening Inequalities in Economic & Social Lives Continue Worldwide
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, 1 May 2023 (IDN) — Speaking during the launch of the Special Edition of the SDG Progress Report, UN Secretary-General António Guterres struck a note of pessimism when he warned that most of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will miss their targets by the 2030 deadline. “Halfway to […]
A Zambian Who Fought Mining Giant Wins Goldman Justice Prize
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 1 May 2023 (IDN) — The San Francisco-based Goldman Environmental Foundation today announced six recipients of its 2023 Environmental Prize, the world’s foremost award for grassroots environmental activists. The Africa prize was awarded to Chilekwa Mumba of Zambia who confronted a major UK-based mining company linked to […]
Japan Renews Climate Action Support to Developing Countries
By UNDP NEW YORK, 1 May 2023 (IDN) — Japan and UNDP have joined forces for another set of funding to support climate action, drive green transformation, and ensure climate-resilient sustainable development. The second phase of the Japan Supplementary Budget funds seeks to respond to the growing demand of developing countries supported by UNDP to […]
Africans Bid Farewell to A Hero and True Friend
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 1 May 2023 (IDN) — Yusuf Bangura will always remember the legendary calypso singer, actor and social activist, Harry Belafonte, for “bringing happiness and hope to many people around the world.” Although many Americans know of Belafonte’s activism to end apartheid in South Africa, the whole story […]
Drug Companies Consider Manufacturing Critical Vaccines in Africa
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 30 April 2023 (IDN) — African leaders have begun exploring the possibility of building manufacturing facilities for critical vaccines in their countries and ending their reliance on foreign countries for high-priced drugs. Moderna Inc said this week it would set up a facility in Kenya—its first in […]
Barbados and UN Urge Reform of the Global Finance System
By J Nastranis NEW YORK, 30 April 2023 (IDN) — With clock ticking for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley have called for urgent action to transform the broken global financial system, for a large-scale SDG Stimulus package to invest in SDGs, […]
An Occupying Power Cannot Be a Beacon of Democracy
By Alon Ben-Meir* This article was originally published in CNN Arabic [https://arabic.cnn.com/middle-east/article/2023/04/14/israel-democracy-occupation-alon-ben-meir-oped] NEW YORK, 30 April 2023 (IDN) — As Israel celebrates its 75th anniversary, every Israeli should remember that the occupation stains the country’s independence day and that Israel is not and will not be a true democracy as long as it remains an […]
Will Sub-Saharan Africa Ultimately Surpass India & China in Population Growth?
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS 29 April 2023 (IDN) — India and China, the world’s two most populous nations with over 1.4 billion people each, are expected to be outranked by sub-Saharan Africa in the 2030s. A new analysis by the Washington-based Population Reference Bureau (PRB) released last week indicates that while India’s population will […]