Poverty Reduction

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

An Indian student expresses her concern about global heating

An Indian student expresses her concern about global heating. The impacts on her country are already quite bad.

Climate crisis

International media have largely neglected Uganda’s flooding

The realities of the climate crisis are becoming increasingly obvious – for example in Uganda

Pupils

Back to school after the pandemic

After the Corona pandemic, underfunded schools in Guatemala struggle to operate due to Covid-19 procedures and students deficits

Child labour

No more children in the tea estates

In Malawi child labour is very common, but there are initiatives to change matters

Togo

Solidarity helps to escape pandemic

How the Covid-19 pandemic contributed to more social protection in Togo

Social inclusion

Refugees offer opportunities

There are more refugees in Uganda than in any other African country

Sahel region

Peace requires strategy

Researchers advise Germany's Federal Government to draft coherent strategies crisis and conflict countries

IT industry

Fighting Coronavirus with a computer game

Ghanaian computer game developer Eyram Tawia on Covid-19 impacts on his business

Our view

Pandemic lessons

Climate mitigation has positive health impacts internationally

Covid-19

Economic recovery in Ghana

Businesses in Ghana slowly recover from Corona slump, but rising inflation creates new problems

Sustainable development

Bengali doctor says pandemic proved validity of SDG agenda

Covid-19 caused hardship in Bangladesh, but proved less devastating than initially feared