Viewpoint by Kristina Melicherová BRUSSELS (IDN) – Refugee and host communities in Ethiopia came together on June 20 to commemorate World Refugee Day through various cultural activities, organized within refugee camps as well as urban settings. But the reality behind the festivities is that hundreds of Eritrean refugees continue to cross the border between Eritrea […]
The Pillaging of Mineral Resources Leaves Behind Poverty Holes for Africans
By Jeffrey Moyo HARARE (IDN) – More than a decade ago, he lost his home as diamond miners from China razed it to the ground searching for the gems. Still, today, 74-year old Tobias Mukwada lives with his family in shanty thatched huts they erected hoping that perhaps one day the Chinese diamond merchants would […]
Russia and Africa Gearing for Inter-Parliamentary Conference
By Kester Kenn Klomegah MOSCOW, (IDN) – With high optimism, Russian legislators plan to use the forthcoming Russia-Africa inter-parliamentary conference scheduled for July 3 to discuss effective ways of strengthening Russia-African relations with a focus on new mechanisms for exploring business opportunities in Africa. More than 30 African countries will take part in the conference in […]
Speculations about Ousted Egyptian President’s Death in Court Hearing
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Egyptian ex-president Mohammed Morsi, persecuted by the current military regime according to rights activists, collapsed on the stand and died after giving testimony in his trial, the state TV reported. Morsi, 67, had been speaking from the glass “cage” where he was confined during sessions. […]
Orthodox Church in Ethiopia Blocks Gay Group Planning Tour
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Pride parades, gay friendly diners, movies, books and fashion. The gay life style is coming to town but the welcome mat is still far from ubiquitous. Ethiopia, home to Abiy Ahmed, the “hugging president”, has yet to come to terms with LGBT or Q. In […]
African Cocoa Growers Demand Better Prices or No Sale!
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Strike! That’s the sound of the world’s top two producers of cocoa who say they are suspending their sales for better prices. The governments of Ivory Coast and Ghana are trying this time-honored strategy to address the imbalance between farmers’ income and money made by […]
European Union Lambasted for ‘Externalising’ Migration Policy
By Reinhard Jacobsen BRUSSELS (IDN) – More than twenty African and international organizations have signed a letter which slates the European Union and its member states for externalizing migration policy through direct and indirect cooperation with regimes and militia forces that are utterly unaccountable for their actions, and violating its constitutional values and international obligations, […]
Send in to the Persian Gulf a Flotilla Under the UN Flag
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – In 1980 in his State of the Union address President Jimmy Carter said: “Any attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States and such an assault will be repelled […]
Pressing Need to Put Degraded Lands Back to Life
By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | ANKARA (IDN) – Profoundly concerned that “desertification and drought are problems of global dimension in that they affect all regions of the world,” the international community adopted the Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Paris on June 17,1994. Twenty-five years later, on the World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD) on […]
Former Irish President Joins a Namibian Youth in Conversation on Climate Justice
From GlobalGoalsUN This article is part of reports by the UN SDG Media Compact of which IDN is a member. Watch video. NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – Science continues to show that as the impacts of climate change accelerate, extreme weather events are taking a major toll in developing countries, particularly in Africa and Asia, home […]