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MENA Middle East North Africa

Comment
Nina Prasch

Three months of statesmanship

Assessing Egypt’s President Mursi after 100 days in office

Arab spring
Andreas Jacobs

Unfinished business

Arabs are interested in how Germany is dealing with East Germany’s Communist past

Comment
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Don’t set the wrong example

West's first response to Muslim outrage was appropriate, but US must not start hunting terrorists in Libya

Comment
Loay Mudhoon

Top priority

Saudia Arabia: a fearful gerontocracy fuels instability

Networking
Rahim Hajji
Soraya Moket

Migration benefits

Germany's Moroccon diaspora is interested in meaningful involvement in country of origin

Rule of law
Hadija Ramadan al-Amami

Gaddafi’s victims demand justice

Libyans want crimes of Gaddafi regime to be prosecuted

Local authorities
Souad Sassi
Uwe Korch

“New freedoms”

Since the revolution, twin cities of Tunis and Cologne are promoting freedom

Comment
Ronald Meinardus

Islamist, not airforce officer

After winning Egypt’s presidential elections, Mohammed Mursi faces huge challenges

Education
Rabiaa Ouerimi

Becoming independent

Bonn-Djerba: school exchange in spite of disabilities

Peace building
Peter Hauff

Sharia and reason of state

Pitfalls of democracy promotion in the Arab world

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Poverty Reduction

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

Burundi’s struggling tourism: Parks and reserves under threat
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
An Indian student expresses her concern about global heating
Biogas innovation: Clean energy and fertiliser for Malawi’s farmers

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.

Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy

Sustainability

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

Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy