Viewpoint by Azu Ishiekwen The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP newspaper based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA (IDN) — After emerging as the consensus Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in March, Abdullahi Adamu was faced with a major crisis. Healing the deep divisions in the party was urgent but it was not […]
North Korea Continues to Defy UN with 17 Missile Tests in 2022
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IDN) — The United Nations, faced with a defiant nuclear-armed Russia in a destructive war with Ukraine now running towards the third month, is fighting an equally unsuccessful confrontation with North Korea which is openly violating multiple Security Council resolutions as it continues launching ballistic missiles threatening neighbouring countries.
Ending the War of Attrition in Ukraine
Viewpoint by Jeffrey D. Sachs This article was issued by Project Syndicate and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK (IDN) — Wars often erupt and persist because of the two sides’ miscalculations regarding their relative power. In the case of Ukraine, Russia blundered badly by underestimating the resolve of Ukrainians to fight […]
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… It was the season of light, it was the season of darkness It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair — A Tale of Two Cities 1859 Viewpoint by Joseph Camilleri This article was issued by the Toda Peace […]
Is The Taj Mahal Not a Part of Indian Culture?
Viewpoint by Dr Ram Puniyani This article is the 19th in a series of joint productions of South Asian Outlook and IDN-InDepthNews, the flagship of the International Press Syndicate. The writer is a former professor of biomedical engineering and former senior medical officer affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (now Mumbai) and meanwhile […]
Endless Wars
Viewpoint by Sergio Duarte The writer is an Ambassador, former United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affair, and President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. NEW YORK (IDN) — The Charter of the United Nations consolidated important norms of international law. Its Preamble affirms the decision to “save succeeding generations from the scourge […]
The Legacy of The Opium Trade in Hong Kong
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — During the difficult years that preceded the British handover of Hong Kong to China the Chinese government’s intense antipathy to opium and the still-fresh memories of the evil that eighteenth-century buccaneering Britain had inflicted on China and Hong Kong added an extra emotional charge to what, anyway, […]
UN Chief Calls for Probe into Deadly Armed Attacks on DRC Mining Site
NEW YORK (IDN | UN News) — UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to investigate the deadly armed group attacks in Djugu Territory, Ituri Province, on May 8.
Rock Bottom Spending on Women’s Health in Sierra Leone
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — On its web page titled U.S. Relations with Sierra Leone, the State Department gushes with warmth and affection for the African country—once called the ‘Province of Freedom’—which remains among the world’s poorest countries, ranked 180th out of 187 countries in the United Nations’ Human Development […]
Renewed Violence in Darfur Leaves Behind an Unstable Sudan
Viewpoint by Rene Wadlow, President, Association of World Citizens GENEVA (IDN) — 24 April 2022 saw renewed violence in the Darfur Provence of Sudan between Arab militias and the indigenous tribes of the area, the Masalit and the Fur. The violence began in 2003 and has caused some 300,000 deaths and some three million displaced. […]