Viewpoint by Amy Fraenkel The writer is the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) based in Bonn, Germany. BONN (IDN) – As efforts are stepping up around the world to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), there are alarming reports that […]
A Resilient and Sustainable Future Needs Asia-Pacific Response to COVID-19 and Climate Emergency
Viewpoint by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana The writer is Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). BANGKOK (IDN) – The unprecedented public health emergency triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and its multi-faceted impact on people’s lives around the world is taking a heavy toll on Asia and […]
COVID-19: Is This Snark in Fact a Boojum?
On the Future of Capitalism after the Pandemic Viewpoint by Albena Azmanova* 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. LONDON (IDN) – While nursing his gravely ill godson in the spring of 1876, Lewis Carroll […]
COVID-19 Crisis: The Group of 77 Call for Strengthening South-South and North-South Cooperation
Applause for UN Chief’s Leadership While Missing Out His ‘Global Ceasefire’ Plea By J Nastranis NEW YORK (IDN) – Short of referring to the clarion call by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on March 23 for “an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world”, in support of the bigger battle against the devastating pandemic, […]
COVID-19: A Pandemic of Fear?
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) – Let’s get death in proportion. True, Coronavirus is an appalling disease but the number of deaths it has caused this year is far lower than deaths caused by either common flue, car accidents, drug taking, alcoholism or cigarette smoking. Governments don’t like these things and make an […]
COVID-19: USA, France and China Crave African Support to Overcome the Pandemic
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – The U.S. and France are treading unexpected paths to besiege COVID-19 with African assistance. Striking a different note, the Nigerians have strong reservations about a team of Chinese specialists invited to support them in combating the pandemic in the West African country. While the desperate […]
Kenyans Under Brute Attack Amidst COVID-19 Curfew
By Saida Ali Saida Ali is an intersectional feminist and an international policy analyst. She is an Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity. She tweets at @SaidaAaliyah NAIROBI (IDN) – On March 27, in response to the threat of COVID-19, Kenya instituted a nationwide dusk-to-dawn curfew. That night, a man was beaten by police […]
COVID-19: Exponential Rise in Africa of Concern to WHO
By Devendra Kamarajan BRAZZAVILLE (IDN) – With more than 6,000 COVID-19 cases reported in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern about the virus threatening fragile health systems on the continent. Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, said: “Case numbers are increasing exponentially in the African region” – not only between […]
IAEA Supporting Countries in the Fight against COVID-19
By Reinhard Jacobsen VIENNA (IDN) – Responding to requests for support from around 90 Member States in controlling an increasing number of infections worldwide, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is dispatching a first batch of equipment to more than 40 countries to enable them to use a nuclear-derived technique to rapidly detect the coronavirus […]
How Data-Mining Companies Are Set to Gain from COVID-19
Viewpoint by Ivan Manokha* 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. LONDON (IDN) – The current outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic may be seen as a litmus test for different institutions of contemporary society – […]