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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.

Independent media
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why brown envelopes are harmful

Quality media must strive for the truth – and that requires independence and professional standards

Community building
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

If it works in Zimbabwe, it’ll work anywhere

Innovative online publishers are paving the way to new business models – for instance in Mexico and Zimbabwe

Our view
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Indispensable arteries

Infrastructure must be built prudently for transport to become sustainable

Port of Cotonou
Karim Okanla

Competitive squall at the pier

The Autonomous Port of Cotonou, Benin’s economic engine, is facing a major new challenge from neighbouring Nigeria, one of its biggest customers

Identity checks
Maxwell Suuk

Securing Ghana’s borders

New identity checks at Ghana’s border crossings are causing confusion

Infrastructure
Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu

Railway to nowhere

Why Kenya’s ambitious cross-country railway is controversial

Development finance
Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu

Massive Chinese lending

Kenyans worry about Chinese loans needed for prestigious railway project

Road safety
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Enacting and enforcing laws

The risk of dying in a traffic accident is three times higher in poor countries than in rich

Civil liberties
Hugh Williamson
Hugh Williamson

Live up to the rhetoric

EU needs to press Central Asia harder on human rights

Mass protests
Katie Cashman

The people want to live in peace and dignity

In Chile and Bolivia, protests are driven by social exclusion and excessive inequality

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