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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”.

Military engagement
Mohamed Gueye
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

“If the French troops leave, Mali will collapse"

The French military intervenes in many former colonies

Linguistics
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

European languages are dominant in Africa

Divisive and unifying: English or French as an official language

Education
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Makeshift schools

In some rural regions of Zimbabwe, makeshift schools are the norm, not the exception

Stand point
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Mechanisms of oppression

Imperialist powers laid the foundations for current misrule in many former colonies

Popular music
Hubert Devonish

Jamaica’s nation language

How Jamaican Creole became the main language for artistic expression

Linguistic heritage
Hubert Devonish

Tu di worl: Creole goes global

Creole languages of the Caribbean reflect and express peoples’ identities

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Kenya’s Supreme Court is unable to act at time of crisis

Unconvincing election rerun

Racism
Joshua Kwesi Aikins

Laboratories of racist violence

German concentration camps in what is Namibia today were predecessors of the Nazis extermination camps

Colonial crimes
Joshua Kwesi Aikins

Historical guilt

Representatives of the Herero people demand reparations from Germany for a genocide committed in colonial times

Media
Lindsey Kukunda

Discussing how to put women down best

Some Ugandan officials excuse men who practice domestic violence

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