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AI can boost participation, but it can also facilitate manipulation and threaten democracies.

Artificial Intelligence

The future is still ours to shape

Humanity is entering a new reality. The question is no longer whether artificial intelligence will change our lives, but how – and who will be in charge.

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by Eva-Maria Verfürth

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This elementary school for girls in the city of Minab in Iran’s Hormozgan Province was de-stroyed by a US missile. The attack in late February claimed the lives of many civilians, most of them children.

International law

Iran war: Call out violations of international law, push for reform

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by Kai Ambos

Technology

Why the Global South can’t afford tech pessimism

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by Payal Arora
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Camp for internally displaced people in Mogadishu, Somalia, 2025.

International humanitarian system

The UN’s plan for humanitarian action in times of dwindling funds

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by Martin Ohms
by Jessica Kühnle
by Matthias Amling
Artwork by Muthoni Nderitu

Humanitarian aid

The fact that funds are lacking to relieve suffering is scandalous

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Transporting medical patients in Khan Yunis, Gaza.

Crises and conflicts

“The triple nexus needs to be more flexible and tolerant of error”

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by Katharina Valjak
by Leon Kirschgens
“Tagesschau”, the German-language news programme with the greatest reach, devoted more airtime to sport in the first half of 2022 than to all the countries of the Global South put together.

Media

Prioritising royals over hunger: how media neglect the Global South

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by Ladislaus Ludescher

2030 Agenda in numbers

Global development goals: progress and setbacks

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by Isah Shafiq
Illustration by Naila Conita, Indonesia.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Not on track, but not lost yet, either

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by Eva-Maria Verfürth
The youth-led protests in Madagascar in October forced President Andry Rajoelina to flee the country.

Democracy

What the world needs to learn from African movements

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by Aya Chebbi
More and more people worldwide gain access to safe drinking water.

Good News

Progress in drinking water supply and disease control

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by D+C / E+Z