Viewpoint by Azu Ishiekwene* ABUJA (IDN) – In the fight against COVID-19, the war between biology and economics has just expanded to the nationalist front, spilling over with the ferociousness of a zero-sum game. Madagascar President, Andry Rajoelina, believes that the reason why the world is not giving his country’s miracle herbal…

By Thalif Deen - UNITED NATIONS - As a spiraling financial crisis threatens to undermine the UN’s day-to-day operations worldwide, a proposal being kicked around, outside the empty corridors of the UN, has triggered the question: will senior officials, including the Secretary-General, the Deputy Secretary-General (DSG), Under-Secretaries-Generals (USGs), including 60 heads of…

WebPublicaPress (New York) – With a lion heart of Rock and Roll, American singer, songwriter and composer Nenad Bach has a history of international activism for World’s Peace. For the past forty years Bach performed on many stages calling for peace and better understanding among the people. His song “Can…

WebPublicPress (New York) - UNITED NATIONS — The World Health Organization (WHO) chief said Monday there are around seven or eight “top” candidates for a vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus and work on them is being accelerated. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a UN Economic and Social Council video briefing the…

By Thalif Deen - UNITED NATIONS,  The world’s poorer nations, reeling under an unrelenting attack on their fragile economies by the COVID-19 pandemic, have suffered an equally deadly body blow: being buried under heavy debt burdens. Abiy Ahmed, prime minister of Ethiopia who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, said…

WebPublicaPress - Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, Germany’s foreign minister says independent journalism is being weakened during the coronavirus pandemic. The EU has also warned that media freedom is under threat in several countries.   The European Union on Saturday criticized restrictions on the media put in place by some countries during…

  By Nicolas Martin (DW) - Whoever wins the race to come up with a successful coronavirus vaccine will also win massive profits. But while the industry vows to make a vaccine globally accessible, not all are on board with that idea.   There is a degree of consensus within the medical and…