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Sustainability

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

Pamela Cruz
Pamela Cruz

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Mexico owes many of its tourist attractions to its wealth of indigenous communities. It is important that they are included in the country’s tourism industry in a sustainable, respectful and empowering way.

United Nations
Friederike Bauer

Guterres is on fire

The new UN secretary-general is a refreshing change of pace from his predecessor

ODA
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Aid increase too small

Official development assistance keeps rising, but remains less than pledged

Authoritarianism
Nora Sausmikat

Populism in the Middle Kingdom

Xi Jinping is centralising government power and reversing progress towards the rule of law in China

USA – Mexico
Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado

The fence is already up

Trump’s call for a wall is straining the relationship between the US and Mexico

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Worthless promises

Populists deny the legitimacy of diverging interests

Globalisation
Jürgen Wiemann

Growing inequality and environmental dangers

Joint EADI-Nordic conference will assess challenges of globalisation in Bergen in August

Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Don’t forget the Yemenis

Humanitarian crisis in Yemen keeps worsening

Political foundations
Frank Priess

Civil society’s shrinking space

Civil-society organisations are under pressure in many countries – and so are their international partners

Nigeria
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

A country at rock bottom

Nigeria’s multiple crises and how Germany can help

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Gambia: ECOWAS assuming responsibility for region's problem

Why West Africa differs from other African regions in regard to democratic principles

Poverty Reduction

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

Gender Equality

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya

Governance

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts

Sustainability

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts