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Governance

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

“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

Kenya’s youth have been taking to the streets against the government for weeks. Sports student Shakira Wafula almost involuntarily became a face of the movement. In this interview, she talks about what is driving young Kenyans.

Housing

Crumbling structures

Aggravating housing crisis, erosion is threatening Ghana's traditional mud houses

Poverty reduction

Lessons from failure

Disappointing basic-income-grant project in Namibia

Nowadays

Direct aid

Grassroots initiative supports Syrian refugees in Beirut

Digital communication

Web access for women

Intel wants to see more women from developing countries use the internet

Water

Dormant knowledge

Islamic norms would serve prudent water management – if the links were made

Editorial

A longing to belong

All world religions emphasise peace, and any faith is soiled by rabid fanaticism in its name

Belief systems

Invisible Reality

Voodoo and witchcraft – Africans and Westerners experience religion and spirituality in different ways

Cadre organisation

Taken by surprise

Egypt’s Muslim Brothers are grabbing as much power as they can, but their rule is not firmly established.

Faith

Deadly pro-life rhetoric

Looking out of touch on reproductive health and gender issues, Catholic Church loses clout in the Philippines

Evangelical churches

Gaining ground

Evangelical churches are on the rise in Brazil, and even have political influence