Opinion, By Amina J. Mohammed* UNITED NATIONS, Feb 1 2019 (IPS) – After flying into the city of Bol in the Republic of Chad, over the lush fields and receding lakes, we landed to a rapturous welcome from traditional rulers and local women. Their faces reflected a hope and…
Opinion of William Lambers* – Newsweek The government shutdown over President Trump’s border wall has ended, but not before causing a hunger crisis. Federal workers who lost income from the shutdown had to turn to foodbanks for support.
By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Jan 2019 (IPS) – The steady decline in multilateralism—accompanied by a rise in unilateralism– is beginning to threaten democratic norms, including press freedom, global governance, civic participation and human rights across Asia, Africa, South…
Rachel Shabi* – The Guardian By criticising the party’s approach to migration, loyalists helped to change it. The leadership must learn to listen to them We’re here, then. The point at which a Labour leadership that won support for being different ends up being the same.
Human Wrong Watch – Source: Agencies of the United Nations The latest Global Report On Trafficking In Persons, released on Tuesday [29 January 2019] by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) at UN headquarters in New York, shows a record-high number of cases…
Al Jazeera English Latest updates as Venezuela plunges into a major crisis amid a growing row over Nicolas Maduro’s presidency. Fast Facts: –Countries that support President Maduro: Bolivia, China, Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, Russia, Syria, Turkey. –Countries that support…
Burrowes* Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869: 150 years ago this year There will be many tributes to Gandhi published in 2019 so I would like to add one of my own This reflects not just my belief that he gave the world inspiration, ideas and powerful…
By David Brennan – Newsweek Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has revealed President Donald Trump considered a military intervention in Venezuela in an effort to force the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, from power. Speaking with Axios on Sunday, the South Carolina…
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky* – Global Research The President (Speaker) of the Venezuelan National Assembly and leader of the majority party (Democratic Unity Roundtable) Juan Guaido has been endorsed as (self-proclaimed) interim president of Venezuela by President Trump in the…
By Human Rights Watch* EU Policies Contribute to Abuse of Migrants in Libya. European Union policies contribute to a cycle of extreme abuse against migrants in Libya.
