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Sub-Saharan Africa
Climate adaptation
Nele Bünner
Till Below

Policy responses are needed

Senegal and Benin are implementing Nationally Determined Contributions with assistance from GIZ

Media
Ochan Hannington

South Sudan cross-border cooperation

Media houses from South Sudan and Uganda have formed a new network

Climate finance
Anthony Nyong

The role of the African Development Bank

The international finance institution AfDB is rising to its responsibility in view of climate change

Climate finance
Anthony Nyong

African action

Africa is the world region most vulnerable to global warming and deserves support from donor governments

Capacity development
Saleemul Huq

Network of universities in LDCs

Universities from least developing countries join forces to tackle global warming

Gender
Lindsey Kukunda

Scapegoating the victims

In Uganda, pregnant teenagers are expelled from school

Least developed countries
Saleemul Huq

“We don’t need donor money to forge ahead”

Bangladeshi scholar explains how to build climate-related capacities in least developed countries

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Playing with fire in Nairobi

Kenya’s election should have been managed better

Human rights
Eric Wakabi
Joan Esther Kilande

Make contraceptives available

All people deserve to have a broad variety of family-planning options – including in rural Uganda

Youth
Damilola Oyedele

The fates of two teenage mothers

In Nigeria, many girls’ lives are ruined by early pregnancy

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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.

Modern dowry payment in Kenya
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

Governance

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

Why Kenya is on fire
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

Sustainability

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

Why Kenya is on fire
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