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Exploitative conditions continue to prevail in mining regions of the Global South.

Fair trade

Critical minerals: unearthing injustice

Who profits from the natural resources of the Global South? In many places, colonial patterns of exploitation are repeated. However, some developments offer hope for greater distributive justice.

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by Jörg Döbereiner

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AI projects can have a positive impact on the lives of people.

AI tools

Four positive AI stories

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by D+C / E+Z
AI projects can have a positive impact on the lives of people.

AI tools

Three positive AI stories

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by D+C / E+Z
Illustration of an Interview with AI

Artificial intelligence

ChatGPT, how would you conduct development policy?

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by D+C / E+Z
Some AI projects have noble aims. But how useful are they really?

Sustainability and public interest

“The image of AI as a tool is far too simple”

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by Theresa Züger
by Jörg Döbereiner
Political parties use AI to create posters and leaflets.

Politics

How artificial intelligence is transforming democracy

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by Katja Muñoz
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Since the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, hundreds of people have been killed by mines and unexploded ordnance. Mine clearance services, such as those provided by the teams of civil society organisation The HALO Trust, remove explosive remnants from the earth.

Conflicts

More landmine casualties, less humanitarian aid

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

Artificial Intelligence

The future is still ours to shape

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by Eva-Maria Verfürth
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