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Regierungsführung
Burundi
Mireille Kanyange
Mireille Kanyange

Opposition bemoans democratic setback

Referendum paves way for Burundian president to stay in office for decades

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Fake narrative in The Economist

Who really is burning bridges in US politics

Horn of Africa
Ludger Schadomsky

Huge challenge

To bring reconciliation to his troubled nation, Ethiopia’s new prime minister will need stamina

Letter to the editor
Frank Bliss

The quirks of misguided decentralisation in Benin

Reader continues discussions of our focus section “Tax disputes”

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Argentina, financial turmoil and the AIIB

Central Bank in Buenos Aires raises interest rates to 40 %

Public discourse
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Indispensable quality journalism

Journalism’s quality standards, and the public must understand them

Press freedom
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Veiled threats and blatant harassment

Why online trolls could not tolerate my interview with a prominent Hindu guru

Press freedom
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Hindutva trolls

In India, right-wing agitators are increasingly intimidating media workers online and offline

D+C/E+Z
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Reasons why you can trust us

How you can tell that what we publish is not fake news

Elections
Heinrich Bergstresser

A looming national crisis

In the run-up to the elections in Nigeria, a debate has broken out over the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari

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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.

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”
Why Kenya is on fire

Sustainability

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

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”
Why Kenya is on fire