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Books displayed for sale at street book fairs held at different locations across Khartoum.

Conflict

Khartoum: a city picks up its pieces

As Sudan’s capital is slowly recovering from war, book fairs and cycling clubs are reviving daily life in Khartoum’s streets. Urban researchers warn that the state shouldn‘t regard this community momentum as a substitute for real reconstruction.

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by Aunnab Alman
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Members of the civil society organisation “Grupo Marte” on patrol in the Mexican border town of Tijuana.

Civil society engagement

Mexico under the influence of drugs

In Mexico, synthetic drugs are manufactured, exported and also consumed in significant quantities. Civil society organisations are advocating for people with substance use disorders, but life-saving policy changes have yet to materialise.

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by Sonja Peteranderl
The Ulumbu Geothermal Power Plant in Wewo village, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia.

Energy

Indigenous protest against projects on Indonesia’s “geothermal island”

On the Indonesian island of Flores, a state-owned company is pushing ahead with geothermal projects. The Indigenous groups living there are protesting, calling for greater involvement – and the German development bank KfW has suspended its funding.

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by Garry Lotulung
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This is what the proposed new world map might look like, showing the sizes of regions near the equator more realistically.

Good News

Initiative seeks wider water access and UN votes on new world map

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by D+C / E+Z
Armed rebels in Chad.

Conflict

Europe’s arms supplies and Africa’s illicit weapons trade

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by George Livingstone
Plastic waste is collected from streets and water channels in Kano, Nigeria, before being processed at a recycling facility.

Waste pickers

In Nigeria, one man’s trash is another man’s income

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by Sarafadeen Olalekan Oyeleke
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Magazine cover: cartoon blindfolded Lady Justice with scales and an “International Law” sash, surrounded by missiles and explosions.
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In the Digital Monthly Edition 10/2026

International law under attack

Sherif Arafa is an Egyptian author and an editorial cartoonist.
Artist of the month

Sherif Arafa is an Egyptian author and cartoonist

Sherif Arafa’s work focuses on freedom, resistance and mental health. Two of his artworks are featured in the D+C October issue.

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Artwork by Sherif Arafa.
Our view

Under fire, but still alive

The most powerful people in this world are trying with all their might to dismantle international law. But despite all the attacks against it, it has proved to be remarkably resilient.

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by Eva-Maria Verfürth
She, too, is on the US sanctions list: Tomoko Akane, the Japanese President of the ICC.
Sanctions

The USA’s attack on international law

The International Criminal Court has been upholding international law and prosecuting international crimes against humanity since 2002. Now the Trump administration is trying to dismantle it with sanctions against ICC staff.

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by Sonja Peteranderl
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Good news and solution stories

From groundbreaking court rulings to inspiring projects – positive change is happening all the time. Find out how people drive progress.

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Children carry their belongings across a flooded field in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State in 2021 – the third consecutive year in which the area had been hit by severe flooding.

Fragile states

Which crisis is the worst in South Sudan?

by Alba Nakuwa
Women are primarily responsible for managing their families’ daily lives in the Aboutengue refugee camp.

Women in conflicts

Women’s daily lives in a refugee camp: attacks, shortages and queues

by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
A protester accuses China of transnational repression against people in the United Kingdom, in London in April.

Transnational repression

A global threat to human rights and their defenders

by Philipp Frisch

Climate change

How a new carbon trading system could benefit Zimbabwean communities

by Lungelo Ndhlovu
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In der Hindukusch-Himalaya-Region schmelzen die Gletscher
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Global environment

Restoring the planet’s environmental health is indispensable

Coal mine in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Decarbonisation

The fossil fuel reality behind the rhetoric of energy transition

by Pedro Alarcón
Small-scale miners at a riverbed on the outskirts of Harare.

Mining

How Zimbabwe’s gold rush is poisoning water

by Tsitsi Bhobo

Human-wildlife conflicts

Coexistence, not conflict

by Lameck Masina
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Plattenladen im Kenyatta-Markt in Nairobi
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Culture Special

Art with a developmental connection - compiled for you by the D+C editorial team.

Scene from the music video for “Maandamano” by Bien and Breeder LW.

Music

Dancing under tear gas

by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Refugees continue to risk their lives in the Mediterranean Sea.

Book

A prayer on the night before fleeing across the sea

by Dagmar Wolf
At an event in São Paulo in 2024, women commemorate the abolition of slavery in Brazil in 1888.

Novel

How brave women fight back against oppression

by Sinikka Soriya Dombrowski
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Kinder auf einem staatlichen Schulhof in Nigeria.
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Education

Around the world, access to education must be made easier and its quality has to improve

Young people are getting their information from platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat and WhatsApp.

Media literacy

How Finland is preparing its citizens for a world swamped by fake news

by Kari Kivinen Eva-Maria Verfürth
Our author and a friend at their graduation ceremony at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

Studying abroad

International degrees, national development

by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi

Inclusion

This Malawian invention rewrites the rules for blind students

by Lameck Masina
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Eine Sammlung von Geldscheinen und Münzen.
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Fiscal space

In view of multiple crises, state agencies must stay able to invest in crucial infrastructure and services

People in traditional attire celebrate the Yomari Punhi festival in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu in December.

Nepal and the SDGs

Dreams of economic prosperity and sustainable development

by Rukamanee Maharjan
Further investment in education and health is needed to fully realise the potential of young people in Africa.

Growth

What can help sub-Saharan Africa grow in an inclusive way?

by Aimé Muligo Sindayigaya
A mural on a wall at Punjab University in Lahore depicts the burden placed on the poor to sustain the lifestyle of the elite.

Social sector

Pakistan’s social divide

by Abdur Rehman Cheema
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A woman in Iran is protesting for her rights.
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Gender equality

Empowering women and girls is crucial to achieving gender justice.

A Taliban fighter stands guard as people receive food rations from China in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Afghanistan

Looking the other way is (not) an option

by Selmin Çalışkan
Torchlight procession in Kolkata in August 2025, on the anniversary of the brutal rape of a female doctor in the city.

Gender equality

A city where women need panic buttons is not a safe city

by Roli Mahajan
Women fighting against the terror militia ISIS in Iraq in 2014. The conflict has left both physical and emotional scars.

Empowerment

Supporting traumatised women and girls in Iraq

by Haneen Masoud
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Selma Bichbich campaigns internationally for young people to have a greater say in politics.

Youth

“Our generation will lead differently”

by Selma Bichbich Eva-Maria Verfürth
Women are primarily responsible for managing their families’ daily lives in the Aboutengue refugee camp.

Women in conflicts

Women’s daily lives in a refugee camp: attacks, shortages and queues

by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
A young man is arrested during the protests in Kenya in 2024.

Rules-based world order

Whose rights does international law protect?

by Shakira Wafula
Their herds are an integral part of the Maasai identity.

CO₂ compensation

For VW to receive CO₂ credits, the Maasai’s cattle must run faster

by Lawrence Kilimwiko
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