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

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Afrotopia

A vision for Africa

Africa has to free itself from western criteria and find its own way to regain its position in the world, says Senegalese economist

Food security

Dangerous food

Ghanaians are afraid of poisonous mould in grains and cereals

Retail shopping

Solving the last-mile problem

How an innovative online retailer is making life easier for underserved rural communities in Kenya

Democracy

A matter of self interest

The international community should support Afghanistan’s young democracy

Blog

Parliament, shut up!

Leaders like Boris Johnson make it increasingly difficult to promote democracy

Information technology

Considerable damage

Examples of the harm online misinformation is doing in sub-Saharan countries

Internet

“A multi-tentacular problem”

To stem the tide of fake news in Africa, internet giants must do more than cooperate with professional fact-checkers

Our view

Getting a grip on dangerous trends

In the past ten years, dark visions have begun to reduce the euphoria about digital development opportunities

Blog

Why cross-border social protection would be useful

Argentina and Zimbabwe currently need a kind of international support that the multilateral system does not provide

Blog

A heartfelt sermon

Ed Husain’s book “The house of Islam” contains important insights, but it is not the “global history” the subtitle promises

Governance

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

Sustainability

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