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MENA Middle East North Africa

State building
Henning Melber

How to make African statehood more successful

Citizenship and social protection are mutually reinforcing

Gender justice
Jennifer Uchendu

For the climate’s sake, empower African women

Global heating affects poor women in developing countries particularly hard

Afghanistan
Paul D. Miller
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Broken promises and western failure in Afghanistan

In regard to Afghanistan, Bush and Obama made three major mistakes

Multidimensional crises
Ralph Achenbach

Why we must not turn our backs on Afghanistan now

Afghanistan‘s multi-dimensional crisis has only just begun

Arab region
Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar

Black people are discriminated against in the MENA region

People with dark skin are discriminated against in Arab countries

Arab Spring
Moutaz Ali

Tunisia’s democratic order is in danger

The death of Tunisia’s young democracy would be a bad omen for the entire Arab region

Afghanistan
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Stop blaming victims for western failure in Afghanistan

Why ISAF could not succeed

Summer Special
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Fleeing civil war

Young author describes a couple’s traumatic flight from Aleppo

Social stratification
Henning Melber

Myths of middle class dynamism

Africa does not have a homogenous, progressive and fast growing middle class

Media
Moutaz Ali

Reality check

A group of Libyan journalists is battling Covid-19 fake news in social media

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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