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Indigenous rights

How Tanzania flouts the rights of the Maasai

The Tanzanian government is systematically disenfranchising the Maasai in Ngorongoro. Most recently, all polling stations there were closed, and voters were assigned to stations in an area 600 kilometres away.

Malawi

The hard lot of old people

In Malawi, many elderly people are viewed as a burden and becoming victims of violence and other abuse.

Literature

How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?

Toni Morrison’s short story about two girls – one black, one white – gives no clue about which is which.

Young people’s attitudes

How young people in the MENA region see their future

Recent study assesses hopes and attitudes of the youth in the Middle East and North Africa – with sobering insights.

Human-rights abuse

Evicting indigenous people

In an ambitious plan to protect forest habitats and contain the climate crisis, Kenya wants to resettle the indigenous Ogiek people from their habitat, the Mau Forest.

Literature

The literary power of Black women writers

German edition of “New Daughters of Africa” anthology presents Black female authors.

Youth movements

“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

Kenya’s youth have been taking to the streets against the government for weeks. Sports student Shakira Wafula almost involuntarily became a face of the movement. In this interview, she talks about what is driving young Kenyans.

Respectful tourism

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.

Elections

Mexico’s first female president

The result of Mexico’s recent election was historical for several reasons

Global tourism industry

A not very sustainable recovery of global tourism

The global tourism industry is recuperating from the coronavirus pandemic but least developed countries in particular lag behind. Among the biggest challenges are lack of investment and the climate crisis.

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Governance

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

Sustainability

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