By Douglas Okwatch This report is a slightly modified version of the original published in the January 2024 issue of Africa Renewal. NAIROBI | 3 February 2024 (IDN) — Digital technologies will be key in addressing the three persistent problems in Africa’s agricultural industry—inefficiency, exclusivity, and unsustainability, according to the 2023 Africa Agriculture Status Report, […]
The US Preaches Democracy but Dictates Covert Regime Change
The Story of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Ouster By Jeffrey D. Sachs* This article was published in Common Dreams and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK | 2 February 2024 (IDN) — A principal instrument of U.S. foreign policy is covert regime change, meaning a secret action by the U.S. government […]
Peace is not Merely the Absence of War
By Simone Galimberti* KATHMANDU | 2 February 2024 (IDN) — There is an overall perception to see SDG 16 as a goal only centred on peace, while it is much more than that. That thinking is founded on a false premise that narrowly and too considers peace as the absence of war. Debunking this myth […]
ECOWAS: Behind the Surprise Exit of Three Countries
By Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP newspaper based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA | 1 February 2024 (IDN) — Mali and Burkina Faso obviously have a lot more in common than squaring off in a game of football like they just did in the Round of 16 knockout stage of the […]
Gaza: UN Court Finds “Plausible” Evidence of Israel Conducting a Genocidal War
By Vijay Prashad* This article was produced by Globetrotter. NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts, USA | 1 February 2024 (IDN) — On January 26, judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) released their 29-page order that found “plausible” (paragraph 54) evidence that Israel was conducting a genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza. The court intervened in that […]
UN Report Highlights Unprecedented Destruction of The Economy of Gaza
By Jaya Ramachandran GENEVA | 31 January 2024 (IDN) — The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has warned in a report on the social and economic deterioration in Gaza that the unprecedented destruction of the economy of Gaza—since the beginning of the military operation after 7 October 2023—will take tens of billions […]
The War on Drugs Needs a Total Rethink
By Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden | 31 January 2024 (IDN) — Not that long ago, Sherlock Holmes could quite legally sit by the fire in his London flat with his pipe and sniff cocaine. If friends wanted to join him they could, without fear of a police raid, and smoke marijuana. Opium was used for […]
Smearing Ceasefire Protesters, Pelosi Combines Devotion to Israel with Cold-War Mania
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO | 30 January 2024 (IDN) — Sometimes there’s a thin line between vile demagoguery and pure idiocy. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi straddled both during a Sunday (28 January) appearance on CNN, when she smeared protesters who’ve been demanding a ceasefire to end Israel’s slaughter of Palestinian people in Gaza. “The former […]
Palestine Will Survive, Deeply Wounded — Israel’s Future Hangs In the Balance
By Jeffrey D. Sachs* This article was published in Common Dreams and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK | 30 January 2024 (IDN) — It is easy to be cynical about the international rule of law. No sooner had the International Court of Justice (ICJ) found that Israel is plausibly committing genocide […]
Nuclear Deterrence Justifies Possession — Threatens Use of World’s Deadliest Weapon
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS | 30 January 2024 (IDN) — The annual Nuclear Deterrence Summit, scheduled to take place in Washington DC January 31-February 2, will focus on an ideology that has long triggered critical responses from anti-nuclear and peace activists. The 2017 Nobel Peace laureate, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), […]