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Sub-Saharan Africa
Farms
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Irrigation helps to cope with climate change

Irrigation is helping many of Zambia’s rain-dependent small-hold farmers to survive

Rising infection numbers
Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul

Gloomy outlook

Kenya is struggling to cope with the Covid-19 challenges

Multiple crisis
Belay Begashaw

Falling back

Corona pandemic threatens development success in eastern Africa

Civil society
Sumeya Issa

Books for rural children in need

An NGO provides disadvantaged children in Malawi with text books for homeschooling in times of Corona

Nature conservation
Nicolas Zuël
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Threatened by invasive species

A private initiative is trying to rebuild endemic forest in Mauritius

Environment
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Financing the fight against climate change

Facing twin plagues of floods and droughts, Zambia lacks resources to fight the effects of climate change

African perspectives
James Shikwati

Triple challenge

In view of triple Covid-19 challenge, African countries must rely on domestic capabilities

Elections
Mireille Kanyange
Mireille Kanyange

Protected by God

Burundi has held elections – without much consideration of the corona pandemic

Traffic safety
Maxwell Suuk

Carnage on the roads

Ghana’s roads are increasingly scenes of serious traffic accidents

International cooperation
Daniel Nordmann
Helmut Lang
Katrin Gronemeier

Averting “Day Zero”

How to improve urban water supply in sub-Saharan Africa

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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