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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”.

Infrastructure
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Bumpy road to development

Uganda’s poor road network is threatening regional trade and development

Nicaragua Canal

A violation of civil liberties

By building the Nicaragua Canal, Nicaragua’s government is ignoring the concerns of its own people

Nicaragua Canal

Citizen protests

Citizens directly affected by the construction of the Nicaragua Canal are fighting against the project

Political violence
Aya Chebbi

Hard times

Terrorism is undermining Tunisia

Summer Special
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Horror witnessed by a child

Summer Special 3: In “First they killed my father”, Loung Ung describes how she has experienced the Khmer Rouge terror regime as a child

Health
Grace Atuhaire

Non-communicable diseases on the rise

Non-communicable diseases are on the rise in newly industrialised countries

India

Demand for equal opportunities

Indian Muslims deserve equal opportunities, but are marginalised in social, economic and political life

Terrorism
Emmanuel Kisiangani

Islamist insurgents in eastern Africa

Why eastern Africa has become a hotbed of extremism and why foreign military interventions cannot solve the problems

Summer Special
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

“Being enemies made us friends”

Summer-Special 2: The story of an unlikely friendship across enemy frontlines

Democracy and human rights

The Sachar Committee

Systematic neglect of Muslims, India’s largest minority

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