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People cross the Chenab River after the flow of water was halted from a dam, at Akhnoor, on the outskirts of Jammu, India in May.

Resource conflicts

Can India withhold Pakistan’s water?

India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty is not likely to cause its neighbour Pakistan much harm in the short term, but it sets a dangerous global precedent.

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by Imran Mukhtar

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Talk therapy in Harare: Much of the mental health work in Zimbabwe is community-based.

Health funding

How Zimbabwe could benefit from investing in mental health

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by Derick Matsengarwodzi
Global crises leave psychological scars. At the same time, certain circumstances promote resilience.

Our view

Strengthening mental health worldwide

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by Maren van Treel
Is there any truth to the claim that young people in Africa always have a smile on their faces? Mural near Aswan, Egypt.

Resilience

What’s behind the legendary resilience of young Africans?

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by Gladys K. Mwiti

Youth movement

Young Kenyans return to the streets for political change and justice

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by Jacob Opara
Medical care for children in Lusaka, Zambia. The healthcare sector is hardest hit by the cuts in global funding.

Development policy

Don’t overpromise and underdeliver

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by Heiner Janus
by Tim Röthel
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping support one another.

Propaganda

When autocrats cooperate against democracy

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by Dagmar Wolf
One of many seriously injured during the Saba Saba protests.

Protests in Kenya

“I am plagued by doubts about how we as a country can survive”

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by Shakira Wafula
Soldiers parade in Tripoli in February as part of the celebrations to mark the 14th anniversary of the February 17 Revolution that led to the overthrow of the Gaddafi regime.

Press freedom

Why Libya is a “black hole” of information

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by Moutaz Ali
Shifts in international development cooperation were already evident at the IMF and World Bank Spring Meeting in April 2025.

World Bank

“We will always be the target of criticism”

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by Axel van Trotsenburg
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Kakwenza Rukirabashaija in Kampala, Uganda, in 2022.

Freedom of expression

Imprisoned for a novel

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by Charles Kambale