Trade : South Africa challenges North on curbing anti-competitive behaviour (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
South Africa has challenged the developed countries at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to discuss how to promote public health by curbing the anti-competitive behaviour of the pharmaceutic al companies stemming from the existing Intellectual Property (IP) protection.

Opinion : Ambitious agenda, ambitious financing? (PRIV)
(IPS, London/New York)
There was a much-needed focus on financing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the September 2018 opening of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

Turkey : Editorial changes at Cumhuriyet - loss of a major independent voice ? (PRIV)
(IPS, Istanbul)
Censorship, controversial judic ial proceedings and imprisonment - such is the current risk run by independently-thinking journalists in Turkey.