Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Reem Abbas KHARTOUM, Jul 8, 2011 (IPS) – Sudan is closest to civil war since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005. Mariam Al Sadig, a leading figure in the Umma Party, one of Sudan’s main opposition parties, said that the conflict in Southern [...]
BELARUS: Despite Crackdown, Opposition is Defiant
June 6, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Robert Stefanicki WARSAW, Jun 6, 2011 (IPS) – President Alexander Lukashenko has locked most of his rivals in jail, but the Belarus opposition continues to work diligently to isolate the dictator. The December 2010 elections left Lukashenko – president of Belarus since 1994 – at helm for [...]
Libyan Rebels Reject African Union Road Map
April 12, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents * DOHA, Apr 12, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – Libya’s opposition Transitional National Council has rejected outright the African Union’s proposal to negotiate a way out from the country’s deepening crisis. The Benghazi-based council, which is demanding an end to Muammar Gaddafi’s decades-long rule, said the "road [...]
YEMEN: Death Toll Rising at Peaceful Protests
March 11, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By David Elkins WASHINGTON, Mar 10, 2011 (IPS) – Despite an ongoing dialogue between U.S. officials, human rights groups and Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh regarding concerns over the use of lethal force to quell anti- government protests throughout the Persian Gulf state, the death toll continues to [...]
LIBYA: U.S. Edges Towards Rebel Recognition
March 11, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Mar 10, 2011 (IPS) – As the tide of battle appeared to shift for the first time Thursday in favour of forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, the United States and its European allies moved closer toward intervening – if not yet militarily [...]
A Revolution That Failed in Zimbabwe
March 9, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By John Masuku* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint HARARE (IDN) – Zimbabwe witnessed a fierce psychological battle at the beginning of March 2011. Inspired by their new role models in the Arab world, political activists and civic society organisations tried to mobilise people for mass protests to demand a change [...]
CHINA: WILL IT CROSS THE RUBICON OF ITS HISTORY?
February 26, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN The seriousness with which China has been viewing the dangers of a new revolution in China inspired by the people’s uprising in Egypt would be evident from the number of high-level meetings—some of them attended by President Hu Jintao himself— that have been held in Beijing under the auspices [...]
Iran Steps Up Crackdown on Opposition Leaders
February 23, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Omid Memarian SAN FRANCISCO, U.S., Feb 22, 2011 (IPS) – On Monday night, Iranian security agents raided the home of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, separating him from his wife, searching his house and arresting his son, Ali Karroubi, according to the local media outlet Saham News. Karroubi’s [...]
Brutal Crackdown in Belarus
February 9, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Pavol Stracansky PRAGUE, Feb 9, 2011 (IPS) – Repressions in Europe’s last dictatorship show no signs of abating despite EU sanctions and international condemnation. International rights watchdogs warn that human rights abuses in Belarus have reached a "new low", and activists say that no one appears safe [...]
