The only stable solution to the impasse in the Gulf is one that involves China and increases economic integration in the region COMMENT | SIMON JOHNSON & AMIR KERMANI | On Aug.24, the US Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, launched an “economic D-Day” programme, intended to cut Iran off from …
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Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | An infant, still hungry and unaware that his mother had been killed, reached for her breast after a U.S. overnight bombardment in Bala Buluk district of Afghanistan’s western Farah province in 2009. The haunting scene is described in the newly released English edition of a …
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Registering a child requires identity information, a national number and a birth certificate. But when the father is absent or unknown, it becomes extremely difficult NEWS ANALYSIS | Ethar Shalaby & Patricia Whitehorne | A 17-year-old Sudanese girl holds a young child in her arms with a heavy …
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WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that negotiations with Iran will begin Monday afternoon, noting that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar had asked the United States to call off planned strikes because “they think there’s a deal.” “There’s a deal on …
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Humanitarian History Is Being Rewritten—Will We Stay True to Our Core Values? COMMENT | MATHIAS RUKUBA | The humanitarian sector stands at one of the most defining moments in its history. Around the world, conflicts are becoming more complex, climate-related disasters are growing more frequent, displacement has reached …
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TOKYO | TASS | Tehran has reached out to Washington regarding negotiations to resolve the armed conflict, but the United States does not believe that Iran is serious, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated at a meeting of foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations …
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COMMENT | NOURIEL ROUBINI | The Persian Gulf is in an unstable disequilibrium. There has been no lasting deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, because the United States and Iran remain far apart in their demands, with the Iranians holding more leverage than President Donald Trump ahead of the US …
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Peace settlements have redistributed access to money, offices and external finance among elites, leaving intact the coercive revenue system and war economies that preceded them COMMENT | MATTHEW BENSON-STROHMAYER | South Sudan’s independence from Sudan in 2011 was meant to close the chapter on one of Africa’s longest civil wars: …
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KHARTOUM | Xinhua | Sudan’s mango industry, once a thriving sector employing thousands and generating significant export revenue, has been devastated by over two years of war, with local farmers, exporters and experts warning that disrupted supply chains, rising transport costs and damaged infrastructure are pushing the sector to …
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The strategic implications of America’s capitulation to Iran and lessons for the Russia-Ukraine conflict THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Paragraph 8 says the two parties also agree to discuss the issue of Iran’s uranium enrichment and other mutually agreed matters related to the “Islamic Republic of …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
