By Phil Pascal The writer is a Caribbean journalist and Commentator on development issues. This is the first article in a two-part Series on the next stage of ACP-EU relations in the Post-Cotonou Agreement with the EU. BRIDGETOWN (ACP-IDN) – The historic partnership agreement between 107 industrialized and developing nations – known as the Cotonou […]
New Study Warns Of ‘Hothouse’ Threatening Planet Earth
By Rita Joshi BERLIN (IDN) – Planet Earth is inching towards crossing the Rubicon by passing a tipping point and entering an irresistible “Hothouse” state. Rivers would flood, coasts would vanish, storms would wreak havoc on coastal communities, coral reefs would be eliminated, and numerous people would perish because of food scarcity and inescapable lethal […]
Israel Stepping Into An Apartheid State
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – Recall Shakespeare’s great work of dramatic art, the Merchant of Venice, where Shylock was treated as an unpleasant Jew (with a lovely, self-effacing daughter) who dealt mainly in shady usury. His speech to the court is one of Shakespeare’s most remembered: “Hath not a Jew eyes? / Hath […]
Trump’s Conservative Nominee For Post In Kenya Gets Grilling
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Democrats are challenging President Trump’s nominee from the Midwestern state of Illinois for the post of U.S. ambassador to Kenya. State Sen. Kyle McCarter’s conservative views run the gamut from opposition to gay rights, restrictions on immigration and locking up former Senator Hillary Clinton. A […]
South African Women March Against Gender-Based Violence
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | PRETORIA (IDN) – Thousands of women and gender activists joined together on the first day of Women’s Month to protest the rising incidence of gender-based violence across the country. The movement’s Brenda Madumise said the marchers, under the banner #TheTotalShutdown, were taking control of their destiny. […]
Stakes High in Returning Nigerians’ Stolen Millions
By Kwame Buist LONDON (IDN) – Of the estimated 20-40 billion dollars stolen annually from developing countries and hidden abroad every year, a small proportion is sometimes successfully confiscated and returned to the country it came from. However, where institutions of accountability do not work well, this poses a complex problem: how to make sure […]
Rising Nuclear Tensions Call For Elimination Of Atomic Weapons
Viewpoint by Izumi Nakamitsu Ms Izumi Nakamitsu is High Representative, United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). Following is the text of the message she delivered to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Service on 6 August 2018 on behalf of the UN Secretary-General. – The Editor HIROSHIMA (IDN-INPS) – It is a privilege to pay tribute […]
UN Chief Begins To Walk The Talk For Promised Reforms
By J Nastranis NEW YORK (IDN) – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has taken a vital step towards creating a ‘21st century UN‘ by introducing wide-ranging reforms to the way the world body works and how it delivers on its mandate – thus translating into action the announcement of his intention soon after taking office […]
The Philippines Cautiously Support U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy to Counter China
Viewpoint by Christian Vicedo The writer is Senior Defense Research Officer in the Research and Special Studies Division, National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP). The views expressed are the author’s own and do not reflect the official position of the NDCP. EastAsiaForum first carried this article on 2 August 2018. – The Editor MANILA (IDN-INPS) […]
Tanzania’s Indigenous Communities Racing to Secure Land Eyed by Investors
By Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM (IDN) – Helena Magafu smiled as she held a piece of paper that recognizes her as the sole owner of a disputed farmland in her village was handed over to her, thus resolving a raging dispute with her neighbours. “I am very happy, I don’t think anyone with ever […]