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Regierungsführung
Inequality
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Ndongo Samba Sylla

A tale of rich and poor

African income disparities hamper the growth of a middle class

Income inequality
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Ndongo Samba Sylla

Why Africa lacks a robust middle class

African countries need major reforms for their middle classes to grow

Social stratification
Duncan Green
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“The promise of well-paid, secure jobs did not come true”

Oxfam strategist Duncan Green explains why the economic paradigm seems to be shifting internationally

Tribalism
Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu

Tribalism hides the gap between rich and poor

Kenya’s underlying class struggle needs to be addressed

Identity politics
Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu

Why Kenya’s president has fallen out with his deputy

Kenya is stuck in tribalism, and calls for national unity are all too often manipulative

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Our colleague Jeffrey Moyo has been arrested in Harare

Our colleague Jeffrey Moyo has been arrested in Harare

IMF
Chimezie Anajama

IMF keeps pressing for more assertive government action

IMF proposes investments worth $ 50 billion to boost Covid-19 vaccination programmes

Health care
Benjamin M. Kagina
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Africans are learning lessons from other world regions

An expert from Cape Town assesses the state of African vaccination campaigns in view of coronavirus

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Criticism of Netanyahu is not necessarily anti-Semitic

Nuanced assessments of Israel-Hamas conflict from the New York Times

Biden administration
Katie Cashman

Biden is respoding to climate activists

How demands for a Green New Deals are inspiring White House policymaking

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Poverty Reduction

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
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

Gender Equality

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

The literary power of Black women writers
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

Governance

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“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”

Sustainability

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“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”