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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”.

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why I find Kurdish independence aspirations worrisome

Sovereignty is part of the problem, not the solution

Lacking opportunities
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Ndongo Samba Sylla

Emigration would help

Unlike young Europeans in past centuries, young Africans today are denied opportunities overseas

Occupation
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Ndongo Samba Sylla

Why the western model doesn’t work

Informal employment dominates in Africa – well-paying jobs with social-protection benefits are the exception

Voters
Grace Atuhaire

Confusing scenario

Kenyans’ long-term trust in democracy depends on the rerun election being clean and fair

Health
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

An unhealthy tradition

The custom of spousal inheritance is causing HIV/AIDS infections in rural Zimbabwe

Campaign promises
Edith Koesoemawiria

Half-time results

Indonesian president is racing against time

Hurricane Maria
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Puerto Rico’s double power failure

A hurricane hits a post-colonial colony

Relevant reading
Hans-Jochen Luhmann

Great disenchantment

Beyond the Paris agreement: new books on the status of global climate policy

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Fake history – why an otherwise excellent movie disappoints

A film concerning the partition of India is based on a conspiracy theory

Gender-based violence
Ali Shaaban Juma

Women at risk of abuse

Gender-based violence is harming women in Zanzibar

Poverty Reduction

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
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”

Gender Equality

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
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

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