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Governance

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

Shakira Wafula
Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

“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.

Africa
Eva-Maria Verfürth

Three steps forward, one step back

To fight poverty in Africa, fast growth in itself won't do

Comment
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Don’t set the wrong example

West's first response to Muslim outrage was appropriate, but US must not start hunting terrorists in Libya

Recent past
Manuel Wollschläger

Open wounds

In the eastern DRC, people lack a share understanding of recent horrors

Rwanda and the DRC
Manuel Wollschläger

A history of bloodshed

Rwanda keeps making headlines because of violence in DR Congo

Comment
Loay Mudhoon

Top priority

Saudia Arabia: a fearful gerontocracy fuels instability

Argentina's recent history
Estela de Carlotto

Stolen babies

Argentinian dictatorship victims still demand "truth, memory and justice"

Argentina
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

How children disappeared

Argentina's stolen children

Migration
Laura Hinze

Great opportunities

Great expectations of migrants' organisations

Chronic suffering
Eleonore von Bothmer

Poor diabetics

The fates of two diabetics in Malawi

Rule of law
Hadija Ramadan al-Amami

Gaddafi’s victims demand justice

Libyans want crimes of Gaddafi regime to be prosecuted

Poverty Reduction

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

“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery
Why tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka peaked in 2018
Mexico’s first female president

Gender Equality

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

Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Why the acronym BIPoC does not have to explain anything

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”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities

Sustainability

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

“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities