Viewpoint by Jacques Trouvilliez Internationalism seems to be falling out of vogue, but Jacques Trouvilliez, Executive Secretary of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA), holds his organization up as an example of how conservation objectives are being effectively achieved through cross-continental cooperation. BONN (IDN) – The Agreement on the Conservation of […]
Saudi Arabia’s Long-Term Goal of Going Nuclear – With U.S. Backing
By Shanta Roy NEW YORK (IDN) – The Trump administration’s increasingly cozy relationship with Saudi Arabia has led to widespread speculation that the United States may be assisting the Saudis – directly or indirectly – to achieve their long term goal of acquiring nuclear weapons. The speculation has been triggered by ongoing secret negotiations between […]
Ensuring Energy Sustainability for Future Generations in Saudi Arabia
By K A CARE The following is sourced from the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy website. RIYADH (IDN-INPS) – Saudi Arabia is a dynamic nation facing high rates of demand for energy and desalinated water as the nation’s population grows and the utilization of low-priced electricity and desalinated water accelerates. According to […]
Keeping Saudi Arabia Nuclear-Free
Viewpoint by Joseph Gerson The writer is President of the Campaign for Peace Disarmament and Common Security and author of ‘Empire and the Bomb’. NEW YORK (IDN) – There is growing concern over the ruthless Crown Prince’s campaign to purchase $80 billion of U.S. nuclear power plant designs and technologies from the U.S. and his […]
New Study Calls for USD 2.3 Billion Support to ACP Countries
By Reinhard Jacobsen BRUSSELS (ACP-IDN) – A new study finds that the 79-nation African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) Group of States can boost climate action with technical and financial support amounting to a minimum of USD 2,317 billion. Capacity building, an important aspect of efforts to halt climate catastrophe, is expected to draw considerable attention […]
Baloch Separatists’ Attack on Chinese Consulate Has a Message
Viewpoint by Shastri Ramachandran* Balochistan – the largest of the four provinces of Pakistan in terms of land area, forming the southwestern region of the country – is aggrieved at not getting its due share of development out of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), flagship of the Belt and Road Initiative. This has caused resentment […]
‘Right Livelihood’ Awards to Visionary Global Citizens
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | STOCKHOLM (IDN) – The laureates of the 2018 Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’, received their prizes on November 23 at the award presentation in Stockholm, Sweden. Regrettably, three Saudi laureates were prevented from attending due to lengthy prison sentences for their […]
New Scrutiny of Nigerian Billions Swiped in Massive Fraud
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – It’s been called one of the biggest corruption cases in corporate history which has escaped the attention of much of the media and few have even heard about it. In the drama, playing out in an Italian court, two middlemen have been convicted for their […]
ACP Fights Human Trafficking, Migrant Smuggling in Africa
By Jeffrey Moyo BEITBRIDGE (ACP-IDN) – At the age of 39, Ndikonyaga Muleya hailing from Beitbridge, Zimbabwe’s border town with South Africa, has found illegal crossing into South Africa convenient. Over the years he became experienced crossing into the neighboring country looking for casual jobs in Musina, also a South African border town with Zimbabwe, […]
The Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons Violates the Right to Life, Warns a UN Committee
By Alyn Ware The author is Coordinator of the World Future Council Peace and Disarmament Program, Global Coordinator of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, and International Representative of Aotearoa Lawyers for Peace (the New Zealand affiliate of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms). GENEVA (IDN) – The threat or use of nuclear […]