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Sub-Saharan Africa
Digitalisation
Nanjira Sambuli

Providing and limiting freedom

Digital technologies have repercussions on human rights

Web services
Nanjira Sambuli

Free of charge, but limited in scope

The shortcomings of Facebook’s Free Basics

Comment
Jennifer Dube

Robbed of a role model

South African President Jacob Zuma rocks the confidence of the whole region

Senior citizens
Humphrey Nkonde

Homes for the elderly

Zambia’s homes for the aged face funding difficulties

Trauma therapy
Susanne Bischoff

Sport in peace work

How sports can be useful for peacebuilding

Homophobia
Raphael Mweninguwe

Pressures over homosexual rights

Malawi’s religious leaders speak out against homosexuality

Traumata
Susanne Bischoff

Untangling ­psychological knots

How an NGO uses physical exercise to help give traumatised women in Congo new confidence

Athletics
Isaac Sagala

Runners’ breeding ground

Athletes from all over the world attend Kenyan High Altitude Training Centre

Athletics
Isaac Sagala

Kenyans run to world fame

Rift Valley breeds Olympic champions

Violent conflict
Ellen Thalman

Ethnic divisions not the problem

A “deceptive quiet” has taken over in Burundi

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Poverty Reduction

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

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
Prioritise international solidarity over national interests

Gender Equality

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

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
Defending the progress made

Governance

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

Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy

Sustainability

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

Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy