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Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Alba Nakuwa

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets

In recent weeks, massive protests have erupted in Kenya’s major cities triggered by discontent over the finance bill 2024. The people on the streets are almost exclusively young people, forming a kind of political movement the country has never seen before. Pr...

EU policy
Ibrahim Manzo Diallo
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

“The flow has not stopped”

Agadez in Niger is a transit hub for many African refugees – both on the way north and on the way back

Refugees in Lebanon
Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar

Poverty and a lack of rights

Lebanon has taken in over a million refugees and is struggling with many problems

Health

How to contain superbugs

The escalating global crisis of drug-resistant diseases requires a global response

Development
Rolf Drescher

Political and economic profile of Malawi

Weak institutions are the main cause of Malawi’s persisting poverty, and the next elections are unlikely to change much

Refugees
Ochan Hannington

Uganda’s open doors

Many South Sudanese escape the violence in their country by fleeing to Uganda

Informal livelihoods
Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul

The debate that never was

Unfortunately, Prime Minister Imran Khan fast watered down promise to grant citizenship to refugees born in Pakistan

ASEAN
Sussi Prapakranant
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

“Refugees can make contributions to host communities”

Sussi Prapakranant of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) explains the challenges of refugee politics in Southeast Asia

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Setting the wrong example

The international community must assume responsibility for refugees

MONUSCO
Theresa Krinninger

Safeguarding a peaceful transformation

Head of UN peacekeeping mission in the DR Congo warns against budget cuts

Church-state relations
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Prophetic speech and witness

25 years after the end of apartheid, South African church leaders are considering what role to play in politics

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
Why you might find our newsletter useful

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack