By Sulaiman Momodu The writer is a public information officer with the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR. This article first appeared on Africa Renewal, December 2018-March 2019 issue. KAMPALA (IDN-INPS) – As thousands of desperate men, women and children flee conflicts and natural disasters in search of a place of refuge, some countries are debating whether […]
India To Host UN Conference On Land Degradation
By Jutta Wolf BONN (IDN) – India will host the global Conference on desertification, land degradation and drought from October 7 to 18, 2019 in New Delhi. Participants from 197 Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) will have access, for the first time, to a wealth of vital new scientific data, says […]
DR Congo Is Rotting From Within
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – The Algerian philosopher and revolutionary writer, Frantz Fanon, wrote: “Africa is shaped like a gun, and Congo is its trigger. If that explosive trigger bursts, the whole of Africa will explode.” The Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa’s largest country, is now caught up in the aftermath of […]
Congo’s Constitutional Court Declares Tshisekedi Presidential Election Winner
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – The Democratic Republic of Congo finally has a president. Opposition figure Felix Tshisekedi was declared winner of the presidential race by the DR Congo’s top court on January 20. The Constitutional Court said Tshisekedi had won by a simple majority, paving the way for him […]
Cooperation Key To Confronting Migration Challenges In West And Central Africa
Viewpoint by Richard Danzinger The writer is regional director for West and Central Africa of International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN migration agency. This article first appeared on Africa Renewal, December 2018-March 2019 issue. DAKAR (IDN-INPS) – Without a doubt, migration is a defining issue of this century. One billion people, one-seventh of the […]
UN Lauds India For Training Foreign Diplomats On Disarmament
By Devinder Kumar NEW DELHI (IDN) – India is the first member country of the United Nations to have launched a fellowship programme on disarmament and international security for foreign diplomats. “This is a demonstration of India’s commitment to nuclear issues and disarmament,” a senior official of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. With […]
‘Group of 77’ Shows Multilateralism ‘Only Way to Address Shared Challenges’
Palestine And Its Citizens Have First-Hand Experience Of Some Of The Most Challenging And Dramatic Global Issues We Face By António Guterres The following are extensive extracts from UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the handover ceremony of the chairmanship of the Group of 77 developing countries and China, in New York on January 15, […]
Trump Jeopardising Vital U.S. Interests In The Middle East
Viewpoint by Manish Rai The writer is a columnist for Middle-East and Af-Pak region and Editor ViewsAround, A Geo-Political News Publication. He can be reached at manishraiva@gmail.com. NEW DELHI (IDN) – American forces have started withdrawing their equipment from Syria as part of President Donald Trump’s order in December to pull out from Northwest Syria. […]
A Crumbling ‘Pax Americana’ in Afghanistan
Viewpoint by Chayanika Saxena This article is the first in a series of joint productions of South Asian Outlook and IDN-InDepthNews, flagship of the International Press Syndicate. The writer is President’s Graduate Fellow & PhD Candidate (Political Geography), Dep. of Geography, National University of Singapore. This article first appeared on the New Delhi based South Asia […]
China Leads Upsurge In Global Creative Economy
By Ronald Joshua GENEVA (IDN) – The remarkable story of China’s dominance in the trade of creative goods and services is the golden thread of a new creative economy outlook by UNCTAD, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The creative economy is recognized as a significant sector and a meaningful contributor to national […]