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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”.

East Africa
Raphael Sungu Raphael Sungu

Losing one’s dignity

In this refugee camp, human beings are reduced to numbers

Interview
Thomas R. Loster

“We are running out of time”

Many questions are still open after Paris climate agreement

East Africa
Raphael Sungu Raphael Sungu

A depressing camp in Kenya’s northwest

Kakuma camp and the global refugee crisis

Long-term refugees
Raphael Sungu Raphael Sungu

Frozen lives

For long-term refugees in Kenya, education is the only path towards a better future

India
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

India’s sensible, but insufficient crop insurance

Narendra Modi's scheme will hardly help the rural poor

Health care
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

A short history of Indian pharma

How government action helped India’s pharma sector to grow

European Union
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Ndongo Samba Sylla

Ostrich policy

Africans find the distinction between political and economic refugees absurd

Central Africa
Theresa Krinninger

Unprotected civilians

Inter-faith dialogue helps to bring about peace in CAR – but more must happen

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

A Muslim film director’s response to terrorism in Mali

Abederrhamane Sissako deserves global attention

Education
Roli Mahajan

Scrimping and saving

In India and many other countries, government-rung schools do not have a good reputation

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