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Civil peace service
Armando Mussa Sani
Jasmina Barckhausen

Theatre sheds light on conflicts

Guinea-Bissau must finally apply its land law in order to resolve conflicts

Female Genital Mutilation
Ali Shaaban Juma

Lifelong harm

Female Genital Mutilation is a curse on young Tanzanian girls

Gender
Ibrahim Orèd'Ola Falola

Empowering women for economic growth

Women in Togo fight for equal economic opportunities

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Arab monarchies disagree on which Islamists are extremists

Growing tension among Gulf states

Education
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Hunger pushes children out of school

In Zimbabwe’s hunger-hit regions, many children drop out of school

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“Good versus evil” rhetoric does not help in MENA region

Saudi Arabia is a bizarre place to spread the message of non-sectarian tolerance

Tribals
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Scapegoating

A small tribal community in Zimbabwe is being blamed of worsening the impacts of climate change

Livestock
Damilola Oyedele

Cattle in the cassava field

Desperate herders terrify Nigerian farmers

Water stress
Damilola Oyedele

The dwindling lake

Climate change in the Lake Chad region affects several countries negatively

Diabetes
Sonja Peteranderl

Mexico’s sugar war

Soft-drink manufacturers fight policies that serve to curb excessive sugar consumption

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Poverty Reduction

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

Junk food in school
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
How to end hunger
Why food security needs both peacebuilding and livelihood development
Eco-friendly agriculture must reduce farmers’ costs

Gender Equality

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

Justice for victims of rape
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?
How GIZ gets young people moving
Why sport is an effective tool for development
Addressing gender-based violence in Colombia

Governance

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

Junk food in school
Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders

Sustainability

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

Junk food in school
Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders