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Zivilgesellschaft
Elections

Nkurunziza rules out running again

Burundi will hold presidential, parliamentary and municipal elections in 2020

Afrotopia

A vision for Africa

Africa has to free itself from western criteria and find its own way to regain its position in the world, says Senegalese economist

Civil strife

Fragile peace

Under President Duque, Colombia seems to seesaw between civil war and peace

Digital surveillance

No one can opt out

China introduces points system for rating social behaviour

Gender equality

Use the gender lens

UNESCO assessment of gender bias in education

Blog

A heartfelt sermon

Ed Husain’s book “The house of Islam” contains important insights, but it is not the “global history” the subtitle promises

Summer Special

The value of 158 varieties of cauliflower

Documentary calls attention to the massive loss of edible plants

Reproductive health

Making sanitary pads

In rural Malawi, non-governmental activists teach teenage girls to make sanitary pads

European migration policy

Risks and side-effects

The EU should not cooperate with shady governments on migration policy – it should support civil-society projects instead

CPS

The Civil Peace Service turns 20

CPS experts bring knowledge and an outsider’s perspective to conflicts

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Sustainability

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