By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — As American workers are demanding raises after years of stagnant wages, African workers are also seeking salary hikes, back pay and other benefits in a phenomenon dubbed “Striketober”. The official African response, however, has been anything but responsive. In Swaziland—renamed Eswatini, the home of Africa’s […]
Ugandan Environmentalists Jailed for Opposing 900 Mile Oil Pipeline
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — Mere hours before the opening of the UN Climate Change Conference, a major environmental confab, drawing world leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden, Uganda has arrested six activists who are challenging a $3.5 billion oil pipeline project that stretches 900 miles through two East African […]
UN Concerned for the Safety of Staff Working on the Ground in Tigray
By Radwan Jakeem NEW YORK (IDN) — UN has “serious concerns” for the safety of staff working on the ground in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. A UN humanitarian aid flight destined for the capital of the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, was forced to return to Addis Ababa due to airstrikes on October 22, the UN’s […]
Why Finance in Common’s Big Promises Should be Seen with Caution: Examples from Brazil
By Iara Pietricovsky & Livi Gerbase Iara Pietricovskyis, current President of FORUS – International Forum of NGO Platforms and co-director OF INESC – Institute of Socioeconomic Studies, at the Brazilian NGO Association (Abong). She has represented the institution in international fora, especially the socio-environmental and indigenous areas, and has a degree in Social Sciences, specializing […]
WTO Chief Welcomes India’s Pledge of Support for the Global Trade Organization
By Jamshed Baruah GENEVA (IDN) — World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has applauded India’s pledge of support for the WTO and a successful 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) that will take place from November 30 to December 3, 2021, in Geneva. The gathering was originally scheduled to take place from June 8 to June […]
Sustainable Energy Transition Vital for Caribbean Development
By J C Suresh TORONTO | GEORGETOWN (IDN) — The President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Gene Leon, has cited the transition to sustainable energy a critical imperative for regional development, according to Caricom Today. “Our development in the region must be seen from a holistic perspective and, perhaps more than anywhere else […]
Nations Protecting “Greedy” Pharma Companies Threaten Global COVID-19 Recovery
By Kalinga Seneviratne SYDNEY (IDN) — The European Union (EU), United Kingdom, Japan and Australia are holding the world hostage by refusing to support a waiver of COVID-19 vaccine patents for the world to recover from the pandemic. The World Trade Organization (WTO) remains at an impasse for one year.
COP26: Protect Peace and Justice at the Climate Change Summit
Viewpoint by Arunabha Ghosh and Isabel Studer Noguez While Dr Arunabha Ghosh is CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water, Dr Isabel Studer-Noguez is Director of Alianza University of California-Mexico. Both sit on the international expert panel for the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) initiative Environment of Peace. STOCKHOLM (IDN) — When world leaders […]
A Day in the Life of an Editor
Viewpoint by Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP newspaper based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA (IDN) — This topic reminds me of two recent incidents. I was in the office on the morning of Tuesday, July 13 when a colleague rushed in with his phone. He seemed quite animated, but there was […]
North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Program is a Logical Response to Repeated Threats from the US-Japanese-South Korean Alliance
Viewpoint by Joseph Gerson The writer is President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security; Co-Founder of the Committee for a Sane U.S.-China Policy; and author of “Empire and the Bomb: How the U.S. Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World”. NEW YORK (IDN) — News reports recently broadcast North Korea’s ostentatious display […]