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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.

Comment
Ronald Meinardus

Islamist, not airforce officer

After winning Egypt’s presidential elections, Mohammed Mursi faces huge challenges

UN mission
Floreana Miesen

Withdrawal in frustration

Unrest in the DR Congo

Peace
Peter Hauff

Don’t turn away

Debating the UN's responsibility to protect

Higher learning
Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles

Top tier schools and diploma mills

Expensive, but not always worth much: higher education in the Philippines

Indigenous communities
Almut Schilling-Vacaflor
Annegret Mähler
Gabriele Neusser

Explosive matter

Bolivia’s policy on natural gas and oil is conflict prone

Education
Rabiaa Ouerimi

Becoming independent

Bonn-Djerba: school exchange in spite of disabilities

Africa and Latin America
Pedro Morazán
Marie Müller

Fair gold

Ways to improve small-scale miners’ tough fate in Peru and the DR Congo

Civil wars
Floreana Miesen

A better way to win power

A better way to win power: Burundis path to peace

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Do two things at once

Regulate extractive industries and make them serve the nation

Interview
Peter Eigen

“A lot to be done”

The agenda of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative remains daunting

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