By Arwa Ibrahim* – Al Jazeera Even if Belarus and the EU reach a deal, analysts say refugees may be long left in limbo at the border or in detention centres. Ali has been held at a detention centre in Lithuania along with six members of his family since they fled southern Iraq…
By Johann Ivanov – Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung /IPS ACCRA, Ghana, Nov 25 2021 (IPS) – The Covid-19 pandemic aggravated Africa’s already severe employment crisis. The solution lies in a long-term political and economic transformation. Africa is facing a severe…
By Yanis Varoufakis * – Project Syndicate A year that began hopefully is ending grimly. Western political elites, unable (and perhaps unwilling) to turn a deadly pandemic and climate crisis into a life-preserving opportunity, have only themselves to blame.
By Maya Oppenheim* – The Independent -100 days since Taliban gained control: -‘We are worried about our children – they cry because they are hungry and that is so difficult,’ mother tells While the bitterly cold weather claims scores of lives…
BY SŁAWOMIR SIERAKOWSKI* – Project Syndicate Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has succeeded in manufacturing a refugee crisis on Poland’s border, largely because the Polish government is too incompetent and cynical to have prevented it. As tragic as the situation…
BY THIBAULT SPIRLET – POLITICO ‘A number of countries have used the pandemic … to crack down on freedom of speech,’ says head of IDEA. In Europe, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated pre-pandemic trends, providing new ways for governments to weaken democracy further, IDEA’s…
by J Jacopo Barigazzi -Politico For years, the EU was distinctly anti-wall. That’s changing, ripping open a divisive debate about how the Continent should present itself.
By Nadia Batok* What we don’t know about unmanned aerial vehicles It is almost impossible to know what kind of data will be gathered by drones all over the world Are drones already conquering the world? Hi-tech is exponentially and rapidly changing our lives.
By Sonali Kolhatkar * – Independent Media Institute Headlines are screaming that inflation is here to stay. Consumer prices have risen by an average of 6.2 percent in the past year, the sharpest increase since 1991.
By Ronald Joshua – IDN-InDepthNews ADDIS ABABA (IDN) — Child deprivation “has a lasting and detrimental impact on nations’ political stability, prosperity and sustainable development”, warns a new report. Titled The Economic Case for Investing in Children in…
