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Sustainability
Safe drinking water
Raphael Mweninguwe

Funding matters

Malawi still has a long way to go to achieve universal access to safe drinking water

Tribals
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Scapegoating

A small tribal community in Zimbabwe is being blamed of worsening the impacts of climate change

Global governance
Lan Xue
Lingfei Weng
Hanzhi Yu

Daunting challenges in implementing SDGs

The international community needs “adaptive governance” to achieve its goals

Globalisation
Ellen Thalman

Shaking up the rural world

Improving infrastructure and opportunities in rural areas is key to eradicating hunger and poverty

Peacebuilding
Friedrich Kaufmann
Winfried Borowczak

Mozambique’s “mini-war”

Ceasefire fuels hopes of peace

Livestock
Damilola Oyedele

Cattle in the cassava field

Desperate herders terrify Nigerian farmers

Disease control
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

No water, no hygiene

Trachoma is a blinding disease that thrives under conditions of poor sanitation and hygiene

Water and sanitation
Ibrahim Awol
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

“Every farmer must have an improved latrine”

Access to safe water is crucial for disease control

Official development assistance
Scott Morris
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

A matter of enlightened self-interest

US-President Donald Trump`s budget plans for 2018 are alarming: he wants to slash official development assistance

Water stress
Damilola Oyedele

The dwindling lake

Climate change in the Lake Chad region affects several countries negatively

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Poverty Reduction

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

Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president

Governance

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts

Sustainability

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts