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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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Sub-Saharan Africa
Interview
Peter Molt

“Democracy does not stand a chance in Rwanda”

“Democracy does not stand a chance in Rwanda“

Colonial past
Salua Nour

A bandage on a tumour

Not much reason to celebrate: 50 years of independence in Africa

Idle youth
Samwar S. Fallah

Peace under threat

Youth unemployment spells trouble in Liberia

Justice
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Moreno-Ocampo investigating in Kenya

ICC’s Moreno-Ocampo investigates in Kenya

Comment
Marc Epprecht

The politics of gay-bashing

Western influences on African homophobia

Angola
Johannes Beck

Troublesome legacy

Angola’s poverty persists as oil exports boom

Schools
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Formal education must be of practical relevance

Higher school enrolment in Africa is leading to new challenges

Relevant statistics
Jedida Oneko

Power in numbers

Kenyan women's rights activists base campaigns on statististics

Natural resources
Susanne Giese

The oil curse

African scholars consider alternatives to the „oil curse“

Unpromising future
Joschka Philipps

Explosive youth

Guinean youngsters torn between protest and opportunism

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Poverty Reduction

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

BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts
When qualifications don’t decide your career
Whose development?
Inequality is getting worse according to UNDP

Gender Equality

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

Defending the progress made
Pakistan’s politically assertive women
Consequences of cyclone Freddy
Jobless due to epilepsy
Why ODA is better than its reputation in donor countries

Governance

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

From colonial division to bloody conflict
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
Defending the progress made
To define Pakistan as a nation, Islam is insufficient
Pakistan’s politically assertive women

Sustainability

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

From colonial division to bloody conflict
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
Defending the progress made
To define Pakistan as a nation, Islam is insufficient
Pakistan’s politically assertive women