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 […]
Exploring How Europe Conquered the World
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – By 1914 Europeans ruled 84 percent of the globe. How did they do it? Eleven hundred years ago Europe was a backwater. There were no grand cities, apart from Muslim Cordoba in Spain, and the remnants of Rome and Athens. The Middle East, India and China were […]
Commonwealth Offers Closer Cooperation to Help ACP Group Realise ‘Full Potential’
By Robert Johnson BRUSSELS | BUCHAREST (ACP-IDN) – Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has reaffirmed the 53-nation group’s support for the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States, while urging deeper collaboration to boost their trade and development potential. She was addressing the 37th session of the ACP and European Union (EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly […]
France and U.S. Striking Different Notes In Africa
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – There were smiles all around in Kenya as French President Emmanuel Macron and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta shook hands over a series of infrastructure deals worth $3.3 billion. It was the third stop on the French president’s East African charm offensive – and the first-ever […]
DR Congo President Resists Latest Power Grab by Predecessor
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Joseph Kabila, ex-president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, may have gone once too often to the cookie jar, taking back one by one all of the powers and rights earned by his successor from a recent election, Felix Tshisekedi. President Tshisekedi may have had […]