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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.

Colonial history
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The dark side of European enlightenment

Oppressive imperial powers claimed to be spreading civilisation whilst promoting racism

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Imagine Donald Trump’s name was Ali Ibrahim

Trump’s election victory is legally valid, but his legitimacy is challenged

Human rights
Reverend Peter Tibi

„Sliding towards genocide“

Urgent action is needed in South Sudan to deescalate the violent conflict

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Bridge schools are designed to teach world’s bottom billion

Controversy over low-cost private primary education offered by multinational group

Minorities
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Ethnic cleansing

“Covert genocide”: Myanmar’s new government fails in regard to ethnic minorities

Technology
Tobias Knobloch
Julia Manske

Responsible use of data

Opportunities and risks of user-generated and automatically-compiled data

SADC
Henning Melber

Nostalgia and empty promises

Populism is common in Southern Africa, where former liberation movements have become dominant political parties

Finances
Chief K. Masimba Biriwasha

Once bitten, twice shy

Zimbabweans have to deal with bond notes instead of money

Two presidents
Henning Melber

“Brothers from another mother”

Donald Trump and Jacob Zuma have a lot in common

African Union-European Union Summit
Maria Klatte

Give civil society more space

The results of the fifth EU-AU summit fell far short of expectations

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