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Sustainability

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

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.

Agriculture

Facing down the armyworm pest

Zambia is debating ways to stop the annual invasion of armyworms that attack its staple crops

Droughts

The political causes of famine

A new book spells out that good governance can prevent famine even in the era of global warming

Rohingya

Frozen repatriation

Rohingya are afraid to return to Myanmar while tensions with host communities in Bangladesh are rising

Global challenge

Wake-up call to donors

Doctors without Borders bemoans that funding is declining for health programmes and calls for developing countries to be more proactive

Ebola

Five years later

After Ebola, Sierra Leone is probably not properly prepared for another major health crisis

Business incubation

Building digital nations

Tech hubs are proliferating all over the world, but face particular challenges in Africa

Blog

Security-focused modernisation has failed in Afghanistan

An attempt to build peace in Afghanistan – with the Taliban

Health services

Good care for all

The debate on what kind of health care best serves the poor

Our view

Systemic market failure

Poverty and poor health are closely interrelated, so public health care is indispensable

Staff and infrastructure

Emergency care in rural Tanzania

Emergency care in rural Africa can be delivered even with limited resources