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Sustainability
Multilateral affairs
Bernd Bornhorst

Missed opportunity

In the eyes of civil-society organisations, the UN conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa was a disappointment

Monetary union
Mohamed Gueye

Lessons not learned

Greece’s crisis reminds African observers of failed structural-adjustment programmes

International cooperation
Ellen Thalman

Exporting the Energiewende

Germany wants other countries to follow its progressive energy policy – and could do more in their support

Literature
Cornelia Heine

Pastoralists as stewards of the environment

In many parts of the world, livestock farming does no environmental damage; it actually helps conserve nature

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 18 July to 24 July

Health care
Jutta Reinhard-Rupp

Wormy water

Merck, the German pharma corporation, is contributing to the elimination of schistosomiasis

Health care
Jutta Reinhard-Rupp

Transmission and implications of bilharzia

Transmission and impact of schistosomiasis

Ebola
Rebecca Renz

“Losing track means losing lives”

Civil-society organisation ONE criticises donors lack of funding transparency in Ebola crisis

Hospital financing
Julian Frede

Closing gaps in health care

A private hospital in Mozambique enhances public health care

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 11 July to 17 July

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Poverty Reduction

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Gender Equality

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

The literary power of Black women writers
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Governance

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“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”

Sustainability

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“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”