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Sub-Saharan Africa
Summer special
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Improbable friends

Summer Special 4: Chris Cleave’s novel “The Other Hand” contrasts London’s rat race to civil strife in Nigeria

Infrastructure
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Bumpy road to development

Uganda’s poor road network is threatening regional trade and development

Health
Grace Atuhaire

Non-communicable diseases on the rise

Non-communicable diseases are on the rise in newly industrialised countries

Terrorism
Emmanuel Kisiangani

Islamist insurgents in eastern Africa

Why eastern Africa has become a hotbed of extremism and why foreign military interventions cannot solve the problems

Extremism
Emmanuel Kisiangani

What makes the Al-Shabaab strong

Characteristics of Al-Shabaab, eastern Africa’s most dangerous Islamist outfit

Medical services
Karim Okanla

Science-based clinic or witch doctor?

Benin's public health services are good, but too weak

Food
Alie Yunus Kallay

Hunger in Ebola quarantine

Ebola quarantine in Sierra Leone leaves people without food

Literature
Cornelia Heine

Pastoralists as stewards of the environment

In many parts of the world, livestock farming does no environmental damage; it actually helps conserve nature

Hospital financing
Julian Frede

Closing gaps in health care

A private hospital in Mozambique enhances public health care

Gender
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Robbing widows of their land

In Uganda, women work in agriculture, but few own the land they till

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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