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Governance

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

Rehan Fernando

“Dialogue of life”

Michael Rodrigo was a Catholic priest who campaigned for religious dialogue in Sri Lanka. He called his efforts the “dialogue of life”.

Borders
Ibrahim Orèd'Ola Falola

Extorting travellers

Why some people still pay bribes to cross ECOWAS borders

Summer Special
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Robbed identity

Uday Prakash is an Indian fiction writer who is interested in how poor people are marginalised and exploited

Summer Special
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

“Just being born a woman is a provocation”

French-Moroccan novelist holds up a mirror to a hypocritical society

Letters
Claudio Schuftan
Hans-Jochen Luhmann
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Dangerous narratives

Two letters to the editor and one response

Summer Special
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Constructed justice

Milo Rau’s multimedia art project The Congo Tribunal calls for accountability for millions of crimes

Terrorism
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Neo-Nazi trial with many unanswered questions

Shortcomings of Germany’s dealing with far-right terrorism

Education
Humphrey Nkonde

One step forward, one step back

Zambia’s efforts to achieve the MDG goal of primary education has affected secondary education negatively

Policy doctrines
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Straight talk on economics

Harvard economist Dani Rodrik demands policy space for developing countries

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Yascha Mounk’s assessment of the rise of populist leaders

Expressing a popular sentiment does not make you a democrat

Education
Ibrahim Orèd'Ola Falola

Endless strikes

In Togo, teachers often go on strike to demand better pay

Poverty Reduction

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

Fundamental human right under attack
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

Gender Equality

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

Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most

Governance

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

“Dialogue of life”
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

Sustainability

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

“Dialogue of life”
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