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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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Sustainability

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

Susanne Neubert
Susanne Neubert

The problems with Glyphosate

Pesticides have often caused controversy because their detrimental side-effects were initially ignored and later intentionally played down. The most recent example is probably the herbicide Glyphosate/Roundup.

EU
Julian Bergmann
Niels Keijzer

Do not neglect African security

The Ukraine war has important implications for the EU’s cooperation with African countries regarding security and peace

Public discourse
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Giving voice to the voiceless

Corporate interests distort public discourse, including on social-media platforms

Global affairs
Imme Scholz

Keep international promises

UN resolution has isolated Russia, but should not be read as general endorsement of the west

Coronavirus
D+C / E+Z

Unresolved vaccine issues

African mRNA vaccine production may yet face hurdles because of intellectual-property rights Webheadline: Coronavirus: unresolved vaccine issues

Global debt governance
Kathrin Berensmann
Kathrin Berensmann

Escaping from the debt trap

An insolvency procedure should be implemented for states

Mining & Fisheries
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Casting a wide net

Mining company KML aids the environment by putting fish in two of its dams

Democracy
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why the term “plutocrat populism” makes sense

Fake-news propaganda often serves the interests of the superrich who benefit from tax havens

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why life is safer in high-income countries

Resilience depends more on strong institutions than on purchasing power

Infrastructure
Dasmani Laary

Tracks towards the future

Major new rail line aims to boost trade links between Ghana and Burkina Faso

Military security
Vladimir Antwi-Danso
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Moscow tries to counter western interests wherever it can

West Africa scholar explains why global trends are giving rise to “systemic coups” in his world region

Poverty Reduction

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

Lessons of failure
The problems with Glyphosate
Why pesticides are more a curse than a blessing
More financial support for college students
The hard lot of old people

Gender Equality

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

The hard lot of old people
Women, climate and chocolate
Justice for victims of rape
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?
How GIZ gets young people moving

Governance

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

How to challenge a corrupt system
Gukurahundi: Zimbabwe’s lingering genocide wounds
Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue
Overshadowed by the “Big Three”

Sustainability

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

How to challenge a corrupt system
Gukurahundi: Zimbabwe’s lingering genocide wounds
Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue
Overshadowed by the “Big Three”