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Côte d’Ivoire ratifies UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

The Republic of Côte d’Ivoire deposited its instrument of ratification of the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) on 23 March 2022. Côte d’Ivoire is the fifth West African country to ratify the TPNW, following Benin,…

The West’s Fanaticism Over Blaming ‘Evil’ Putin Misses the Point—and an Opportunity for a Lasting Peace

Pointing fingers won’t help—an attitude shift is what the world needs now. By Erika Schelby The old long war in Afghanistan has barely ended and already there is a new one, this time in Europe. Most governments, the media, and…

Small farmers and World Food Security: Change of Course at the United Nations and Open Letter to the FAO

A change in the definition of small farmers by the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) means that their share of global food production now appears to be a lot smaller than before. Civil society organisations and…

War and Refugees – From Bangladesh to Ukraine (And Corporate Media’s Hypocrisy)

How many wars have been fought in the world from March 1971 to December – from the time of Bangladesh’s bloody liberation war to March 2022, and how many millions of innocent people have had to leave their homeland and…

World Water Day

World Water Day is celebrated on March 22nd. This date was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1992. It aims to raise awareness about the overall global water crisis and the need to implement urgent solutions to solve…

Humanists Interconnected: Why Their Stories Matter

On a school trip to Central Italy in April 2014, I met Italian film director Paolo Bianchini, who together with Paola Rota, create and produce artistic, meaningful films full of social value with their enterprise, Alveare Cinema. These films of…

The War in Ukraine Is Sending Russia-China Relations in New Directions

While the Ukraine crisis may put some strain on the Chinese-Russian relationship, it has also spurred deeper collaboration between them. Based on a shared desire to undermine the United States’ global order, their constructive partnership will not only endure the…

The world is big

From my professional pilgrimages, which took me to five continents, I learned one lesson: despite your best efforts, the world cannot be summed up in what is called the ‘West’, or the ‘international community’, an appellation which, as Régis Debray…

Rosh Diwas: Farmers call for protest against non-fulfillment of government promises

Sanyukt Kisan Morcha Press Release 21.03.2022   Hundreds of peasants joined the “Rosh Diwas” called by SKM today at Civil Lines dharna sthal at Allahabad to protest against the non-fulfillment of assurances given by the Modi government to the farmers…

I will never kill another person! I believe it is wrong – Yurii Sheliazhenko Ukrainian peace activist talks to young students

The following text is taken from the last of part of the video of Yurii Sheliazhenko “Don’t lie like Boris Johnson!” My name is Yurii Sheliazhenko and I am a Ukrainian peace activist. I live in Kyiv the capital of…

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