Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — The divisions and tensions in some parts of ex-Yugoslavia appear to be boiling up again. The leadership of the Serbian ministate, Srpska, which comprises 49% of Bosnia’s territory, appears to be challenging the governing entity of Bosnia, founded at the end of the civil wars that raged […]
Burkina Faso Coup Leader Promises Return to Constitutional Order
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — In his first speech to the nation since the overthrow of President Roch Kabore, the new military leader of Burkina Faso promised a return to the normal constitutional order “when the conditions are right”. Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, who led the ouster of President Kaboré, […]
Exploited Kenyan Tealeaf Pickers to Get Their Day in Court
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — After years of seeing their complaints stalled, postponed, and thrown out of court, some 700 Kenyan plantation workers have finally won their bid to sue a British-based tea company for imposing work conditions that they say caused crippling physical harm while getting paid poverty wages […]
A Superhighway Paves Over a Nairobi Slum
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — An ambitious road construction project in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has demolished some 13,000 homes in the informal housing of Mukuru Kwa Njenga, technically a slum, ignoring human rights and leaving some 40,000 people homeless, says Diana Gichengo of Amnesty International Kenya. Schools, businesses and homes […]
North Korea, Perpetual Victim of the US Military-Industrial Complex
Viewpoint by Alice Slater The writer is a Member of the Board of Directors of World BEYOND War. She is also the UN NGO Representative of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. www.warbeyondwar.org NEW YORK (IDN) — It seems hard to believe that in these possible end times in the midst of a global pandemic with […]
A Politically Isolated North Korea Garners Support from two Nuclear Powers at the UN
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IDN) — North Korea, long described as a “hermit kingdom”, apparently isn’t living in total political isolation or is cut off from the rest of the world. Or so it seems, judging by the failure of the US and some of its UN allies to impose sanctions on five North […]
UN Warns of Food Insecurity in 20 Countries and Regions
By Jaya Ramachandran ROME (IDN) — A new report by two UN agencies has identified “hunger hotspots” across 20 countries and regions where parts of the population are expected to face a significant deterioration of acute food insecurity in the coming months that will put their lives and livelihoods at risk. This warning of spiralling […]
Resettlement Campuses are the Future of Higher Education
Dr. Diya Abdo, Founder of Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR) The writer discusses in this article how institutions of higher education can support the successful integration of refugees. It was issued by the United Nations Academic Impact. GREENSBORO, North Carolina, US (IDN) — Universities have the necessary physical facilities and human resources to provide much […]
Six Country Coalition Criticises the Modernisation of Nuclear Weapon Programmes
Viewpoint by Sergio Duarte The writer is President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs and former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. NEW YORK (IDN) — On the eve of the opening of the Tenth Review Conference* of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the five states […]
The Covid Endgame and Digital Colonialism: Cyber War Simulacra in An Upside-Down World
Viewpoint by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake The writer, Dr Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, is a Sociocultural and Medical Anthropologist based in Colombo. Her latest publication is ‘Multi-religiosity on Contemporary Sri Lanka: Innovation, Shared Spaces, Contestation”.(Routledge 2022. COLOMBO (IDN) — The greatest transfer of wealth in human history took place during Covid-19 lockdowns with Covid masks and Personal Protection Equipment. […]