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Sub-Saharan Africa

Civil service reform
Ian Mamuya

What has gone wrong?

Tanzania’s disappointing reform programme in the public sector

Zimbabwe
Meike Scholz
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Country without hope

Mugabe sworn in again after violence

Civil service reform
Antoinette Sayeh

“Remain faithful to principles"

Liberia's progress in civil service

Donor harmonisation
Tobias Kahler

“Make national systems the default option”

Donor harmonisation: “Make national systems the default option”

Comment
Jens Blank

Nothing new, only worse

South African roots of xenophobia

Elections
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff

“Observers, not diplomats”

Lessons EU election observers learned in Kenya

Relevant reading
Gero Erdmann

The power of elections

Review essay: the power of African elections

AIDS prevention
Eleonore von Bothmer

Safe sex subsidy

Conditional cash transfers in support of safe sex

Biodiversity
Frison Emile

Indispensable resources

Green Revolution in Africa will depend on biodiversity

Security
Meike Scholz

In search of African solutions

African security architecture developing at snail's pace

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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