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Lebanon
Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar

Fundamental change is indispensable

After failing disastrously, Lebanon’s political system needs fundamental change

Global trends
Belay Begashaw

In urgent need of development

If Africa is not to fall behind further, the continent must develop fast

Lockdown
Moutaz Ali

Falling ill while far from home

For two Libyan correspondents abroad, dealing with foreign medical systems became a personal battle

Conflict transformation
Miriam Modalal
Dalilah Reuben-Shemia

Collective trauma

Violent conflicts can lead to the traumatisation of entire communities

Collective memories
Miriam Modalal
Dalilah Reuben-Shemia

Legacy of wounds

Peace-work contributes to a healing process of collective trauma in Lebanon

International Criminal Court
Darleen Seda

Revisiting the peace versus justice debate

Demands for criminal accountability can be an obstacle to peace

Summer Special
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Kolkata, New York, Venice

Amitav Ghosh’s novel “Gun island” deals with global heating and global migration

Citizen-photographers
Moutaz Ali

Finding beauty in a war zone

Defying a civil war, photographers and other artists are fanning around Tripoli to search for beauty amid the destruction

African perspectives
James Shikwati

Triple challenge

In view of triple Covid-19 challenge, African countries must rely on domestic capabilities

Tumbling oil price
Aviva Freudmann

End of an era

The news went from bad to worse for OPEC in April

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Poverty Reduction

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

Rethink conditions for lending to African countries
Better development financing for Africa
Burundi’s struggling tourism: Parks and reserves under threat
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Improving female entrepreneurs’ self-esteem
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Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Rethink conditions for lending to African countries
Better development financing for Africa
Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Rethink conditions for lending to African countries
Better development financing for Africa
Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa