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D + C

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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”.

Letter to the editor
Frank Bliss

The quirks of misguided decentralisation in Benin

Reader continues discussions of our focus section “Tax disputes”

Public discourse
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Indispensable quality journalism

Journalism’s quality standards, and the public must understand them

SDGs
Drake Jamali

Official statistics must improve

Solid statistics help to ensure that no group is left behind

Our point of view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Discerning public

The current flood of disinformation has many causes, all of which must be tackled

Social network
Patrick Schlereth

Fakebook

The world’s largest social network does not fight fake news and disinformation in a convincing way

Press freedom
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Veiled threats and blatant harassment

Why online trolls could not tolerate my interview with a prominent Hindu guru

Press freedom
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Hindutva trolls

In India, right-wing agitators are increasingly intimidating media workers online and offline

D+C/E+Z
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Reasons why you can trust us

How you can tell that what we publish is not fake news

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Modi should focus on hate crimes, not capital punishment

Why insisting on death sentence is wrong response to India’s sexualised-violence drama

Elections
Heinrich Bergstresser

A looming national crisis

In the run-up to the elections in Nigeria, a debate has broken out over the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari

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