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Long-term impacts of strife

A traumatised nation

So far, Cambodia’s health system is ill-equipped to deal with mental-health issues

Traditional healers

Respect the local context

In Cambodia, a civil-society organisation is promoting mental-health care at the local level

Development policy

Too little and too unambitious

Welthungerhilfe and terre des hommes are calling for more money for official development assistance and more ambitious policies

Sahel zone

“Securitisation does not create security”

Civil society wants help beyond military missions

Service provider

Addressing the planet

The geocoding system of what3words can help to enhance access to services in remote areas

Church-state relations

Prophetic speech and witness

25 years after the end of apartheid, South African church leaders are considering what role to play in politics

Subsidiarity principle

We don’t take orders from the government

Religious freedom in Germany’s constitutional order

Blog

Divisive politics

Why a German foundation is accused of anti-Semitism for awarding a peace prize to a Jewish organisation

Fragile states

A quarter-century-long task

Lessons learned from almost two decades of crisis work in Afghanistan should apply to other fragile states

Blog

Skipping school to protect the climate

Greta Thunberg has inspired other students by protesting against climate change instead of going to school on Fridays

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Sustainability

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