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Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets

In recent weeks, massive protests have erupted in Kenya’s major cities triggered by discontent over the finance bill 2024. The people on the streets are almost exclusively young people, forming a kind of political movement the country has never seen before. Pr...

Global Governance

Misguided criticism

Criticism of International Criminal Court being too focussed on Africa is misleading

News

In brief

No peace agreement for DRC, Afghanistan most dangerous for women, declining child mortality, climate summit in Warsaw and deadly impact of pollution

Post-conflict countries

No easy answers

Hard questions and no easy answers: the dilemmas of transitional justice

Peace building

Transitional justice and post-conflict recovery

Long version – Henrietta J.A.N. Mensa-Bonsu: Hard questions concerning transitional justice

Lack of social safety net

From valuable to vulnerable

After civil war, many old people must fend for themselves in Sierra Leone

India

Never-ending story

Without judicial intervention, the East Kolktata Wetlands would no longer exist

Promoting democracy

Responsible donor action required

Donors can help establish democracy in a developing country – if they pay attention to long-term issues

Teenage pregnancy

Right to childhood

The long term impacts of teenage pregnancies on girls and society

Separation of powers

Ambiguous ambitions

Pakistan's Supreme Court must protect fundamental rights without overstepping its jurisdiction

Infrastructure

“The future of the world will be urban”

Providing services in rapidly growing cities is a challenge to local governments, especially in Africa

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.