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Regierungsführung
Sahel
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Lack of statehood

Experts call for more statehood and better institutions to stabilise the Sahel region

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Revolutionary romanticism is misleading

Why Costa Rica beats Cuba

Authoritarianism
Nora Sausmikat

Populism in the Middle Kingdom

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

Mexico
Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado

Charisma is not enough

In Mexico, candidates on the right and left present themselves as men of the people

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

Extrajudicial killings
Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles

National suicide

President Duterte linked to unprecedented extrajudicial killings in the Philippines

Egypt
Ingy Salama

An ancient land

In Egypt, different ideas of the nation have served different political

Elections
Maxwell Suuk

Distorted choices

Many Ghanaians sell their votes to the politician who offers most

North Africa
Ingy Salama

Defining the nation

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s idea of the Egyptian nation does not include every Egyptian

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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.

“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