By Rebecca Ratcliffe* – The Guardian Military, which seized power in February 2021, seeks to throw out UN case alleging it committed genocide Myanmar’s military junta has appeared in place of the detained Aung San Suu Kyi at the UN’s top court, where it sought to throw…
By Muhammadu Buhari, president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (*) The economic relationship between the two continent’s must be recalibrated to focus on job creation. When it comes to the relationship between the European Union and Africa, unfair arrangements…
By John Pilger* – Globetrotter Marshall McLuhan’s prophecy that “the successor to politics will be propaganda” has happened. Raw propaganda is now the rule in Western democracies, especially the U.S. and Britain. On matters of war and peace, ministerial deceit is reported…
By Ivan Katchanovski* – Truthout The Ukraine-Russia conflict has escalated to a very dangerous point The possibility that it can turn into an armed conflict, or even a war, has increased significantly and is real. But the Russian invasion, which was basically announced by the…
By Rebecca Ratcliffe* – The Guardian A report by Fortify Rights claims soldiers have carried out massacres and used civilians as human shields The Myanmar military kidnapped civilians and forced them to work as human shields, attacked homes, churches and carried out…
By Nick Thorpe – BBC News Budapest – After 12 years in power, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is asking for eight more, but his right-wing Fidesz government is facing a strong challenge from an alliance of six opposition parties. Led by independent conservative Peter…
By Nadia Batok* – Wall Street International Magazine How long until mass surveillance destroys our freedom, privacy and democracy? Yes, Mr Orwell, ‘big eyes and ears’ are everywhere.
Chris Walker* – Truthout Arecent poll shows that a significant percentage of both Democratic- and Republican- leaning voters would prefer that their party nominate an alternative to President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. In…
By Vijay Prashad* – Asia Times The UN has warned that about half the population of the country are ‘facing a record level of acute hunger’ On February 8, UNICEF Afghanistan sent out a bleak set of tweets. One of the tweets, which included a photograph of a child…
By Baher Kamal Feb 14 2022 (IPS) – Inequality is deadly… It contributes to the deaths of at least 21,300 people each day—or one person every four seconds. This is a “highly conservative estimate” for deaths resulting from hunger, lack of access to healthcare and climate…
