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Sub-Saharan Africa
Health
Eleonore von Bothmer

Global lack of medical doctors

Lack of health professionals is a global challenge

Comment
Jennifer Dube

Hope dashed fast

New prime minister cannot inspire much hope in Zimbabwe

Interview
Wolfgang Heinrich

“The people are tired of war”

The reasons for Ethiopia to cooperate with Somalia’s moderate Muslim leader

World economy
Mohamed Gueye

Need for African action

African leaders must rise to global crisis

Health care system
Anne Jung

Zimbabwe in the time of cholera

The reasons why Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic is out of control

Civil war

Surprising turn of events in Kivu provinces

Surprising turn of events in Democratic Republic of Congo

Focus
Daphne Blaauw

Black but white

The tough fate of African albinos

Climate Change
Burkhard Margraf

Right to international support

Climate change: Madagascar has a right to international support

Human rights
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Congo's president brutally suppresses opposition

Congo: President brutally suppresses opposition

Focus
Demba Moussa Dembélé

Preconceived donor criteria

Considering donor’s evaluation practice from a Senegalese viewpoint

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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.

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
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery

Sustainability

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

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
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery