Viewpoint by Vijay Prashad * This article was produced by Globetrotter, a project of the Independent Media Institute. NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts (IDN) – Six months ago, on January 30, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). Ten days before this, the Chinese […]
Nigerian President’s Nephew Is Not the Problem
Viewpoint by Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-In-Chief of The Interview magazine based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA (IDN) – I’ve been amused by the strenuous efforts to explain exactly what Mamman Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, meant or did not mean when he said that rotating the Presidency was no longer useful. Daura […]
Embedded in Beirut: A Communion with Ancestors
Recollections by a Nigerian journalist who toured Lebanon two years ago By Louis Odion *The writer, Fellow of Nigerian Guild of Editors, is the Senior Technical Assistant on Media to President Muhammadu Buhari. ABUJA (IDN) – Many wished they were allowed to capture the moment with the camera, but the literary amazon from Borno beheld […]
Looking Back at the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Nuclear Attacks on 75th Anniversary
Viewpoint by Tariq Rauf The writer is former Head of Nuclear Verification and Security Policy at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, former Alternate Head of the IAEA Delegation to the nuclear non-proliferation Treaty (NPT); Senior Advisor on nuclear disarmament to the Chairs at the 2015 NPT Review Conference and 2014 NPT PrepCom; […]
75th Anniversary of the Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Viewpoint by Sergio Duarte The author is Ambassador, President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. NEW YORK (IDN) –Seventy-five years ago, on August 6, 1945, a nuclear attack razed the city of Hiroshima. Three days later, Nakgasaki suffered identical fate. More than 200,000 men, women and […]
The Elders Urge World Leaders to Take Action or Risk Nuclear Catastrophe
By Jutta Wolf BERLIN | LONDON (IDN) – A group of eminent world leaders, comprising The Elders, has called on the heads of states of five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council to use the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki “as a moment to reflect […]
Unlike the Pandemic, Nuclear War Can Be Blocked before It Begins
Viewpoint by Marina Martinez* This article was originally published on WagingNonviolence and is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. NEW YORK (IDN) – Nuclear weapons have been posing a threat to humanity for 75 years – ever since the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. These days, our […]
We Need A One-World Monitoring System to Watch and Destroy Viruses
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN) – Almost forgotten in the story about the Coronavirus is the story of AIDS. The drive to deal with it, the search to find medicine to cure it, and the self-discipline by homosexuals only began in 1981, when the disease was discovered, and its causes understood. It was […]
Warfare or Community-Building: Which Way Forward?
Viewpoint by Michael Edwards* This article was originally published on openDemocracy. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of IDN-InDepth News NEW YORK (IDN) – “Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part to help build what […]
South Africa Struggles To Contain Exploding Rate of Coronavirus Infections
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – South Africa, with a population of about 58 million, has the fifth-highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. It has become the country with the highest number of infections on the continent. Health Minister Zwelini Mkhize […]