By ReliefWeb* As of April, 732,000 persons were displaced in the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Niassa, Sofala and Zambezia as a result of violence and insecurity in Cabo Delgado. As of June, some 70,000 people from Palma were forcibly displaced in the aftermath of…
By Kristian Laubjerg* Democracy provides cover for continued exploitation by a handful of oligarchs Our own (USA) government, in alliance with the big corporations and banks, has created an empire that brings servitude, misery, and death to millions of people. (John…
As multilateral institutions attempt to respond to today’s unprecedented global challenges, one that already works well is the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Established in 1959 and headquartered in Washington DC., the IDB is widely recognized for its important role in…
by DEVNET JAPAN Mr. Fumiyasu Akegawa In March 2013, I established Devnet Tokyo, now Devnet Japan, as the East Asian country’s sole branch of Devnet International, which, since 1995, enjoys a Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
by Roberto Savio Roberto Savio, President of Othernews Dear Othernews Readers, Othernews has entered into an agreement with Devnet International. Devnet was founded in 1984 as a project of cooperation among developing countries, financed by the United Nations Development Plan…
By Farhana Haque Rahman* ROME, Dec 2019 (IPS) – By any measure this has been a devastating year: fires across the Amazon, the Arctic and beyond; floods and drought in Africa; rising temperatures, carbon emissions and sea levels; accelerating loss of species, and mass forced…
By Dave Makichuk – Asia Times Data showed that fertility rates declined 2% for white and black women, 3% for Hispanic women and 4% for Asian women The number of births in the United States declined for a fourth year following an increase in 2014, according to a new report from…
By WILLIAM PESEK – Asia Times The International Monetary Fund has a checkered past on giving Asia advice. Ask officials from Jakarta to Seoul about this, and you’ll get an earful. Now, it’s Japan’s turn to get some dubious guidance from the Washington-based institution…
David Miliband and Luis Alberto Moreno (*) – Newsweek By the end of 2019, more than 40 million people from Latin America and the Caribbean will be living outside their countries of birth according to estimates from the United Nations, comprising a rapidly rising share of the…
By Fernando Ayala* – Wall Street International Magazine And where millions will keep walking… until a new Berlin Conference It all started in Africa. It all started in Ethiopia. It all started with Lucy.
