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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”.

Comment
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

New silk road

Welcome China’s international infrastructure ambitions and discourage sabre-rattling

Public transport
Basma El-Mahdy

Deadly boats on Nile River

Using boats and ferries for public transport in Egypt is often dangerous

Middle East
Thomas Birringer

Vicious cycle of radicalisation

After the end of the Arab Spring, authoritarian regimes are back in power, and Islamists set the tone

Summer special
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Longing for a better life

Summer Special 7: The shattered dream of a better life in Fortress Europe

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Concern for victims

Islamists benefit from old anti-colonial sentiments

Summer special
Rebecca Renz

A changing country

Summer Special 6: A novel about Ethiopia’s turbulent history

Lebanon
Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar

A lack of political reform

The confessional system and the conflict in Syria lead to tensions within Lebanese society

Safety nets
Markus Loewe
Markus Loewe

An underresearched topic

Recent publications on social protection in developing countries

Summer special

Making fun of gender stereotypes

Summer Special 5: Rosario Castellanos’ farce “El Eterno Feminino” is an expression of Mexican feminism

Summer special
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Improbable friends

Summer Special 4: Chris Cleave’s novel “The Other Hand” contrasts London’s rat race to civil strife in Nigeria

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

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”
Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

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
Mexico’s first female president

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