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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.

Agriculture
Hans-Heinrich Bass

Green renaissance, not revolution

Africa needs green renaissance, not green revolution

Comment
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Dangerous distraction

Pakistan's Supreme Court should not have indicted Prime Minister Gilani

Urban development
Caroline Triml

Wasteful buildings

Energy efficient urbanisation

Interview
Zafrullah Chowdhury

“Health is a universal right”

Health is a universal right argues Gonoshasthaya Kendra in Bangladesh

Comment
Mohamed Gueye

Tense times

Presidential elections: tense times in Senegal

Comment
Friederike Wyrwich

The motive for the murder: hate of lesbians

Murderers of lesbian women get long prison sentences for hate crime in South Africa

Food security
Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere

Productivity boost

Africa’s agricultural productivity must rise

Humanitarian aid
Jedida Oneko

Hunger in the Horn of Africa

The worst of the east African famine is over – for now

Agriculture
Ewald Quaye Garr

“We all win”

A Ghanaian agro-buisness blazes a promising trail

Aid effectiveness
Jörg Mühlbach

A Nicaraguan NGO’s experience

Nicaragua’s Centro Humboldt would benefit from Donor Harmonisation

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