[ad_1] Credit: Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Thursday, May 16, 2024 Inter Press Service LONDON, May 16 (IPS) – There’s change at the top in Solomon Islands – but civil society will be watching closely to see whether that means a government that’s grown hostile will start doing things differently. Jeremiah […]
[ad_1] A central international political feature of the post-Cold War epoch is the evolving contest between two sets of competitors. One is a loose, though formidable, alliance between the nationalist People’s Republic of China (PRC) and a Russian state controlled by Soviet-era apparatchiks. These authoritarian powers confront a group of comparatively ‘like-minded’ states and societies […]
[ad_1] For nearly thirty years, the South African government held a man it initially labeled prisoner number 46664, the anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela. But in 1994, Mandela transformed from the country’s ‘number one terrorist’ into its first Black president, ushering in a new era of democracy. Today, though, many in South Africa see Mandela’s party, […]
[ad_1] NewsFeed ‘I am not willing to exchange “Hamastan” for “Fatahstan”.’ Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu hit back after his defence minister Yoav Gallant publicly challenged him over who should control Gaza in the future. Published On 16 May 202416 May 2024 [ad_2]
[ad_1] A former interior minister and enforcer for a violent and autocratic Gambian president was convicted of crimes against humanity on Wednesday for the torture and executions of civilians and sentenced to 20 years in prison by Switzerland’s federal court. The verdict, which one plaintiff called a “milestone” for victims, came after a landmark trial […]
[ad_1] Expecting voters to support the person with the power to stop the killing of their families, but who refuses to use it, is asking the impossible. This is about now, not November. Ad Policy In Dearborn, a Listen to Michigan volunteer hands out fliers encouraging primary voters to choose “uncommitted” on February 27. (Mostafa […]
[ad_1] In his interview with the BBC, Deputy Prime Minister Taraba blamed “false narratives” by opposition parties in Slovakia for the shooting. “Our prime minister several times mentioned in the past that he was afraid that this would happen,” Mr Taraba said in another interview with the BBC’s World Tonight programme. According to him, Mr […]
[ad_1] May 15, 2024 After campaigning on reversing Trump’s regressive policies in the region, Cuban Americans are frustrated by the president’s subsequent passivity. Ad Policy A May Day celebration in front of the US Embassy in Havana on May 1, 2024. (Adalberto Roque / AFP via Getty Images) Last week, Cuban Americans fanned out on […]
[ad_1] Anastasia Ani crouches as she scoops water into a bucket at a shallow edge of the river. Mrs Ani removes debris on the surface of the light green-coloured water with her plastic bowl as she fills her bucket. For residents of Umuenwene Iji Nike, a community in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu […]
[ad_1] • Five pro-Wike commissioners quit Fubara’s cabinet• Decision to probe Wike led to gale of resignations, group explains• Elder statesman seeks Ameachi, Odili’s support for Fubara• Kukah: Fubara, Wike will fix their quarrels• Fubara resorting to self-defence — Bwala• Abe realigns with Wike, says Amaechi non-relevant in Rivers APC Barely two weeks to Fubara’s first anniversary in office, governance appears […]