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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.

Egypt
Ingy Salama

An ancient land

In Egypt, different ideas of the nation have served different political

Elections
Maxwell Suuk

Distorted choices

Many Ghanaians sell their votes to the politician who offers most

North Africa
Ingy Salama

Defining the nation

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s idea of the Egyptian nation does not include every Egyptian

Europe
Daniel Bax

Right-wing populists in the EU

Right-wing populism is gaining ground in Europe

Political foundations
Frank Priess

Civil society’s shrinking space

Civil-society organisations are under pressure in many countries – and so are their international partners

Europe
Daniel Bax

Divided continent

The rise of right-wing populism is throwing Europe off-balance

Endangered pluralism
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Damaged democracy

Assessing the meaning of populism and how the phenomenon relates to technocratic governance

Nigeria
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

A country at rock bottom

Nigeria’s multiple crises and how Germany can help

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Gambia: ECOWAS assuming responsibility for region's problem

Why West Africa differs from other African regions in regard to democratic principles

Climate change
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Pay particular attention to the poor

Impact of extreme weather is set to get worse, so vulnerable countries must expect national incomes to decline, ADB warns

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