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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

Inglorious empire – What the British did to India

Shashi Tharoor proves apologists of colonial rule wrong

Ethnic tensions
Paul Kawegah

Roots of violence

In Kenya, ethnic tensions are intertwined with long-standing disputes over land

Non-violent action
Armando Mussa Sani
Jasmina Barckhausen

Their grandparents’ legacy

Three examples of how peace activists use non-violent means to settle land conflicts in Guinea Bissau

Civil peace service
Armando Mussa Sani
Jasmina Barckhausen

Theatre sheds light on conflicts

Guinea-Bissau must finally apply its land law in order to resolve conflicts

Philanthropy
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Praise individuals, not the trend

The growing influence of philanthropy in public affairs is worrisome

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

An erratic superpower is dangerous

USA looks clueless in the complex Middle East scenario

Fundamentalist ideologies
Maysam Behravesh

Competing Islamisms

Ideological differences contribute to current tensions between Qatar and Saudi Arabia

Venezuela
Francine Jácome

From 21st century socialism to dictatorship

Why Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro wants a new constitution

Female Genital Mutilation
Ali Shaaban Juma

Lifelong harm

Female Genital Mutilation is a curse on young Tanzanian girls

Land grabbing
Djeralar Miankeol

Mafia-like networks

Land grabbing will not stop as long as officials are users and investors themselves

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