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Image by David Amen, inspired by the favelas in Rio de Janeiro.

Urban life

Cities have many faces

For this edition, we asked ourselves what makes a city liveable. Many of the problems faced by Nairobi – and the ways they are being tackled – are typical of big cities in the Global South. Let’s go and explore.

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

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As a result of the colonial period, the majority of commercial farmers in Namibia are white. A policy for redistributing land to disadvantaged groups has not really worked out so far.

Colonial legacy

No land in sight

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by Henning Melber
Kenyan cut flower farm – rural businesses can become included even in global supply chains.

Rural development

Tangible goals

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by Ellen Thalman
Refugees in Idomeni, Greece in March 2016.

Global governance

Managing refugees and migration

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by Lea Diehl

Gulf Tensions

Arab monarchies disagree on which Islamists are extremists

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by Hans Dembowski

Civil society

Relevant players

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by Hans Dembowski
Health is on the G20 agenda: a patient in a Bangladeshi hospital.

Global affairs

Tangible advice

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by Axel Berger
African economies are still geared to commodity exports: manganese-ore mine in Ghana.

Marshall Plan with Africa

Private sector as saviour?

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Climate protest in front of the White House in June.

Blog

USA will withdraw from Paris Agreement

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by Hans Dembowski
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife promise to fight inequality. Their assets are worth more than of the combined wealth of the USA’s bottom 20 % of households.

Civil society

Diminished civic equality

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by Hans Dembowski
Because there is no plumbing in much of South Sudan, the drinking water must be brought to customers in tank trucks.

Water supply

Long-term structural development

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by Anke Peine
by Christian Grünhagen