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AI can boost participation, but it can also facilitate manipulation and threaten democracies.

Artificial Intelligence

The future is still ours to shape

Humanity is entering a new reality. The question is no longer whether artificial intelligence will change our lives, but how – and who will be in charge.

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by Eva-Maria Verfürth

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Healer procuring supplies for traditional medicinal use at a local market in the Nigerian city of Akure in August 2019.

Traditional medicine

Why many Africans must rely on informal health care

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by Ben Ezeamalu
Ben Ezeamalu
Older people have a right to a dignified life: a woman in Sogamoso, Colombia.

Demographic change

Older people’s rights are human rights

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by Dagmar Wolf
Election winners Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez.

Democracy

Colombians have voted for change

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by Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
Hala trains to become a police officer in Syria.

Summer Special

Emancipation in Syria, both personal and political

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by Aviva Freudmann
Ovaherero gathering at a chieftain’s grave in the Namibian city of Okahandja.

Germany and Namibia

Hurdles on reconciliation between Germany and the Ovaherero

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by Henning Melber
Women are unequal to men in many places.

Gender equality

Women are particularly disadvantaged in the informal sector

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by Oliver Schmidt

Kenya

Poor Kenyans complain about rising public debt

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by Jacob Opara
Street stall in South Sudan.

Economy

Bringing businesses out of the informal sector

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by Oliver Schmidt
Storage facility in Odessa in June 2022.

Geopolitics

The strategic relevance of Ukrainian grain

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by Jane Escher
Printing traditional Javanese textile patterns in a small-scale workshop.

Relevant reading

In promotion of small businesses, prioritise social capital

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by Iwan J. Azis
by Hans Dembowski