Viewpoint by Azadeh Moaveni and Ali Vaez The two writers are affiliated to the Crisis Group: Azadeh Moaveni is Project Director, Gender; and Ali Vaez is Iran Project Director. This commentary is being republished by courtesy of the Brussels-based Crisis Group which first carried it on 6 March 2020. BRUSELS (IDN) – On 21 May […]
COVID-19: Europe Must Regain Sovereignty Over Key Industries
Viewpoint by Camille Rustici The writer is chief editor of the e-magazine DirectIndustry. This article was first published on the online journal of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung‘s Brussels office, International Politics and Society on April 28. MARSEILLE (IDN) – Since the outbreak in China, which led to the closing of a large number of factories in the […]
Why Russia Is Slow to Unlock Media Potential with Africa
Viewpoint by Kester Kenn Klomegah MOSCOW (IDN) – Researchers and experts have identified a lack of interest and a well-coordinated mechanism as being behind the absence of effective Russian media cooperation with Africa. European and Western media brands, such as British Broadcasting Corporation, Cable News Network, Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France Press, Quartz and Bloomberg, […]
COVID-19: Can Technology Become a Tool of Oppression and Surveillance?
Viewpoint by Petra Molnar* 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 TORONTO (IDN) – Refugees, immigrants, and people on the move have long been tied to tropes of bringing disease and illness. From pandemics to […]
World Conference Calls for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons and Reversing Climate Change
By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) -– In a dramatic warning from 13 Nobel Prize winners about the existential dangers of nuclear weapons and climate crisis, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists on January 23 set the hands of its iconic ‘Doomsday Clock’ to 100 seconds to midnight, On April 25, during the Covid-19 crisis, […]
COVID-19 Strikes South Asia’s Minorities Whose Rights Are Already Threatened
By Jaya Ramachandran LONDON (IDN) – A new report warns that the minorities and other marginalised communities are even more exposed to the worst impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is hitting South Asia. It has come at a time when governments are inflicting sustained assaults on their rights. Minorities face severe obstacles in accessing […]
COVID-19 Shows How Ecosystems and Human Health Intersect
Viewpoint by Dominick A. DellaSala, William J. Ripple, and Franz Baumann* This article is being re-published by courtesy of The New Republic, which carried it first on April 20. NEW YORK (IDN) – The butterfly effect is a thought experiment about how a small change in a system— a butterfly flapping its wings — can […]
UN Chief and German Chancellor Call for Rebuilding ‘Our World for the Better’
By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN (IDN) – German chancellor Angela Merkel and UN Secretary-General António Guterres have accentuated that any coronavirus recovery programme should have a clear focus on climate targets and rebuilding “our world for the better”. They were addressing a two-day video conference in Berlin co-organised by Germany and Britain, the latter as the […]
Two ‘Unsung Heroes’ Helping Kenya’s Slum Dwellers Facing Coronavirus
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Journalists who step out of their high-floor offices or manage to escape from their coronavirus confinement sometimes find a great story right on the street below. Such was the story discovered by Kevin Phillips Momanyi, a reporter with Kenya’s Tuko news channel.
‘Flowers of Hope’ from Kenya As Major Markets Dry Up
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – It was inevitable during a lockdown that sales of Kenya’s flower exports would dry up as buyers make fewer impulse purchases of carnations, roses and other blossoms. According to data from the Kenya Flower Council, sales of cut flowers in overseas markets have fallen below […]