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Solar energy even on cloudy days.

Good News

Solar energy despite clouds, and days off during menstruation

The two pieces of good news this month are about harnessing solar energy even on cloudy days and additional two paid days off for female employees experiencing menstrual pain.

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by D+C / E+Z

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Boat on Lake Tanganyika.

Overfished water body

Uninforced fishing ban on world’s second deepest lake

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by Mireille Kanyange

Environmental recovery

A campaign to plant more trees in Kenya

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by Joseph Maina
David Kimaro, responsible for the Moshi composting project, gives Tübingen’s Mayor Boris Palmer and his delegation a guided tour of the composting plant.

Composting

High-impact partnership for waste management

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by Viane Kombe
by David Kimaro
by Stephan Klingebiel
by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Svenja Schulze, Germany’s minister for economic cooperation and development, visiting Kandia Camara, Côte d’Ivoire’s foreign minister, in early 2023.

German policy

Germany values respect, reciprocity and alliances

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by Birgit Pickel

Disaster

Ruins after cyclone Freddy

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by Raphael Mweninguwe
Meeting of the Global Forum for National SDG Advisory Bodies in Cape Town, September 2022.

SDG implementation

How to navigate complexity

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by Beauty Emefa Narteh
by Felix Meyerhoff
by Hannah Janetschek
Harvesting coffee in Uganda: in spite of structural adjustment, African economies are still mostly exporting commodities.

German policymaking

The BMZ seems stuck in a European mindset

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by James Shikwati
Young people’s outlook is darkening: dead livestock is a daily visible impact of the climate crisis in Kenya.

Kenya

How Kenya is affected by climate injustice

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by Abigael Kima
Two German cabinet members visiting a Ghanaian NGO school in February: Svenja Schulze (in charge of international development) and Hubertus Heil (responsible for labour and social protection).

German policy

BMZ makes bold statement of intent

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by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Economic growth that is not sustainable widens the gap between rich and poor in Africa.

Poverty reduction

Economic growth is not a magic wand for Africa

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by Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón