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Sub-Saharan Africa
Security
Caroline Triml

Gaddafi’s toxic legacy

Gaddafi's fatal heritage for Libya and his neighbours,

Comment
Nfamara Jawneh

Gambia calls for help

West African drought: Gambia calls for help

Urban infrastructure
Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola

Urban headaches

Lagos – a city of dreams and nightmares

Ecology
Melaku Worede

“Smallholders matter most”

The world community depends on African smallholders and their landraces

Agriculture
Hans-Heinrich Bass

Green renaissance, not revolution

Africa needs green renaissance, not green revolution

Reform
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Slow but sustainable

Slow but steady reform of Mali’s cotton sector

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

Comment
Karim Okanla

In troubled waters

AU Chairman Boni Yayi faces daunting challenges

Food security
Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere

Productivity boost

Africa’s agricultural productivity must rise

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Poverty Reduction

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

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
A brief history of Nepal’s tourism industry

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.

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
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions

Sustainability

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

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
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions