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Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

Waithood – endless adolescence

The future belongs to young people. They must be empowered to assume responsibility. Far too often, however, they lack prospects. It is encouraging that, all over the world, many want to take their fate into their own hands.

Authoritarian rule
Ellen Thalman

Stick to principles

For human-rights defenders in Iran, the situation has deteriorated since the 2015 “nuclear deal”

Crises
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Neglected by the world

Humanitarian agencies draw attention to neglected crises in order to help the people affected

Sports
Parach Mach

Football for peace

In war-ravaged South Sudan, football helps to promote peace

AIIB
Lea Diehl

Lacking standards

Civil-society organisations complain that AIIB does not take account of human-rights violations

Editorial
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Particular urgency

In coastal regions, developmental challenges are especially evident

Environment
Olamide Udoma-Ejorh

Coastal location

The history of the city of Lagos is closely tied to the sea

Megacity
Olamide Udoma-Ejorh

New islands for the rich

Though the sea level is set to rise, Lagos is growing out into the Atlantic Ocean

Nansen Initiative
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

The Nansen Initiative’s Protection Agenda

The Nansen Initiative’s Protection Agenda on what to do about disaster displacement

Global affairs
Platform on Disaster Displacement

The needs of displaced persons

Forced displacement related to disasters is one of the great humanitarian challenges of the 21st century

Infrastructure
Kacana Sipangule

Trade needs ports

Landlocked developing countries struggle with high trade costs and depend on transit countries

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.

Waithood – endless adolescence
“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

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Waithood – endless adolescence
“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