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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”.

Neglected tropical diseases
Martin Kollmann
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

“Major obstacle for development”

Ending neglected tropical diseases is crucial to achieve 2030 Agenda

Global governance
Monika Hellstern
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Taxes serve SDG achievement

To achieve the SDGs, tax policies must be drafted prudently – and global coordination would make sense

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why I feel ambivalent about Kagame’s AU chairmanship

The AU should insist on democratic principles the way ECOWAS does

Our view
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

By force or by consensus

Why military power had better be restrained by civilian governments

Nutrition
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Big Food causes suffering

Author accuses the food industry of making the poor sick

Horn of Africa
Diglel Fadi

30 years of guerrilla warfare

Civil war has shaped the mindset of Eritrea’s leadership

Liberation movement
Diglel Fadi

Thousands flee every month

How the government of Eritrea became one of the world’s most repressive regimes

Congo
Christoph Vogel
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

“The state functions according to its entirely own logic”

An expert on the Congo explains who is operating militarily in the country and why, and what a peaceful solution might look like

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

We must choose between the SDGs and a world of bloodshed

Faith-based populism is an abuse of religion

Civil society
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Third point of view

Young people and women protests against the Islamic Republic

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.

The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president

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