By Caroline Mwanga New York (IDN) – UN Member States have agreed to safeguard and improve women’s and girls’ access to social protection systems, public services and sustainable infrastructure, ensuring that their design and delivery is transformed to prevent discrimination and create a “level playing field” for women and girls. This is the upshot of […]
New Global Initiative to Ensure the Future of Congo Basin Forest
By J C Suresh TORONTO (IDN) – Stretching from the Gulf of Guinea in the west to the Rift Valley in the east, the Congo basin is the beating heart of African biodiversity. Spanning 530 million hectares across six countries – Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and […]
Beyond the U.S.-North Korean Summits in Singapore and Hanoi
By Kelsey Davenport and Alicia Sanders-Zakre The following appeared in Volume 11, Issue 5 of the Issue Brief of the Arms Control Association. Kelsey Davenport is director for nonproliferation policy, and Alicia Sanders-Zakre, research assistant. WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN-INPS) – The second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended […]
Kazakh President Quits to Make Room for New Generation
By George D. Gleboff, Aidana Yergaliyeva and Nazira Kozhanova The following is compilation of three articles that appeared on The Astana Times on March 19 and March 21, 2019. ASTANA (IDN-INPS) – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev stunned the nation March 19, announcing during a nationally televised address that he would be resigning the office he […]
Post-2020 ACP-EU Partnership Expected to be Unique
By Edgar Brandt, New Era Live WINDHOEK (ACP-IDN) – Namibia has reaffirmed its commitment to the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) and European Union (EU) partnership and says it will do all it can to honour and work toward the commitments embodied in the Cotonou Agreement and post-Cotonou when it expires in 2020. This was […]
ACP-EU Parliamentarians Confer on Crucial Issues in Bucharest
By Robert Johnson BRUSSELS | BUCHAREST (ACP-IDN) – Migration, rule of law, climate change, ACP-EU relations beyond 2020, renewable energies and education were among issues discussed at the 37th ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) in Bucharest. From March 18 to 20, 2019, the Assembly brought together Members of the European Parliament and representatives from developing […]
Kazakhstan Attracts Foreign Investors with AIFC as the ‘Hub’
By Radwan Jakeem NEW YORK (IDN) – Young and ambitious independent Kazakhstan is well-known for decisions marked by ingenuity and innovation. The creation of the Astana International Financial Center (AIFC) was no exception. In fact it confirmed the long-established tradition. The Center has turned out to be a unique project for the CIS countries. Backed […]
Time to Address Socioeconomic Issues in Terrorism Reporting
Viewpoint by Kalinga Seneviratne SYDNEY (IDN) – The reporting of the attack in New Zealand on March 15, 2019 where a White terrorist of Christian background mowed down over 50 Muslims praying at a mosque in Christchurch has obviously focused on religion and migrants. In a statement released following the Christchurch massacre, Australian senator Fraser […]
Aid Access the Biggest Challenge in Aftermath of Cyclone Idai
By Lisa Vives and Sean Buchanan NEW YORK | LONDON (IDN) – An estimated 1.7 million people in Mozambique were in the path of Tropical Cyclone Idai when it hit southern Africa on March 15, with upwards of 900,000 people affected in Malawi and thousands more in Zimbabwe. With the World Food Programme (WFP) reporting […]
‘From Village Boy to Global Citizen’
In Memory of Dr. Shelton Gunaratne, journalist and professor, who became world-renowned for merging Eastern philosophy with Western communication theory. By Dr. Ari Wijetunga, Dr. Asoka Dias and Dr. Junius Gunaratne NEW YORK (IDN) – Dr. Dhavalasri Shelton Abeywickreme Gunaratne, a former Sri Lankan journalist and professor emeritus of Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM) in […]