By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS |10 November 2024 (IDN) — After US presidential elections on November 5, a question floating around the US and Middle Eastern capitals relates to Gaza, which has been devastated largely by US-supplied weapons, including fighter planes, air-to-ground missiles, battle tanks, armored personnel carriers (APCs) and 2,000-pound unguided bombs. Will the […]
A Chabad House in Arugam Bay: Bringing Gaza Home?
By Tisaranee Gunasekara* “Gaza was the first time I held a baby’s brains in my hand. The first of many.” — Dr Mark Perlmutter, orthopaedic and hand surgeon (Open letter from American medical professionals who served in Gaza https://www.gazahealthcareletters.org/usa-letter-oct-2-2024) COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | 10 November 2024 (IDN) — Last December, a group of ultra-religious Israeli soldiers […]
Sri Lanka: Daunting Foreign Policy Options for a New Administration — Part 3
Former Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, and more recently, Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Read Part 2 here: https://indepthnews.colo.ba.be/sri-lanka-daunting-foreign-policy-options-for-a-new-administration-part-2/ COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | 9 November 2024 (IDN) — In the nineteenth century, the GREAT GAME was played by two global powers among the soaring peaks and stunning valleys […]
What Promotion and Cultivation of Millet Means for Africa’s Food Security
By Shmuel Ja’Mba Abm* ACCRA, Ghana | 8 November 2024 (IDN) — The year 2023 was the year millet was declared by the United Nations as the Crop of the Year. Apart from its nutritional values, scientists have discovered, that millet doesn’t only reverse diabetes (type II) but it also prevents the onset of diabetes. […]
An Asian Perspective of the Trump Victory at the US Presidential Election
From the Asia Society in New York NEW YORK | 8 November 2024 (IDN) — Asia Society Policy Institute experts comment on the news that Donald Trump has won the 2024 U.S. election and what it means for Asia. Daniel Russel – Vice President, International Security and Diplomacy The uncertainty of the election now gives […]
Sri Lanka: Daunting Foreign Policy Options for a New Administration — Part 2
By Dr Palitha Kohona Former Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, and more recently, Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Read Part 1 here: https://indepthnews.colo.ba.be/sri-lanka-daunting-foreign-policy-options-for-a-new-administration-part-1/ COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | 7 November 2024 (IDN) — The almost imperceptible emergence of China as a global economic and military giant with critical interests […]
Women Micro Entrepreneurs with Gender Sensitive Financial Services
By Darshni Nagaria, Sara Niner and Elena Mayer-Bestin* BANGKOK | 7 November 2024 (IDN) — The financing needs of entrepreneurs varies depending on business size, reason for starting a business and opportunities for enterprise growth. Typically, necessity-driven entrepreneurs start a business venture to support themselves and their families’ livelihoods when there is a lack of […]
Unusual Reasons Africa Wanted Trump to Win
By Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Editor-In-Chief of LEADERSHIP and author of the new book Writing for Media and Monetising It. ABUJA | 7 November 2024 (IDN) — I understand wealthy US citizens and conservatives of the evangelical hue rooting for Donald Trump. The rich believe he would loosen regulations and protect them and […]
Sri Lanka: Daunting Foreign Policy Options for a New Administration — Part 1
By Dr Palitha Kohona Former Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, and more recently, Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | 6 November 2024 (IDN) — In the nineteenth century, the GREAT GAME was played by two global powers among the soaring peaks and stunning valleys of […]
COP16: A Disappointment, as Expected
By Anusa Karki and Simone Galimberti* KATHMANDU, Nepal | 6 November 2024 (IDN) — The recently concluded COP 16 on Biodiversity held in Cali, Colombia, (21 October to 1 November) was largely a disappointment. Unsurprisingly, it was largely expected to end up in this way. Yet, despite the gloom, in Cali, an important new conversation […]