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Egypt
Sofian Philip Naceur

How Egyptian media workers are intimidated systematically

Egypt’s regime severely restricts freedom of expression, forcing media to toe its line

Online news portals
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Need for government advertising makes media vulnerable

Independent news websites have become indispensable in India

Totalitarian aspirations
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Modi opponents are called anti-national

How Hindu supremacists are spreading hate and distorting public discourse in India

Free speech
Jörg Döbereiner
Jörg Döbereiner

Protecting freedom of expression is a permanent challenge

Quality media deserve appreciation because only they enable people to form and express informed opinions

Journalism
Emmalyn Liwag Kotte

Brave Filipina fighting for the factual truth

The independent website Rappler has become an indispensable source of information in the Philippines

Civil liberties
Emmalyn Liwag Kotte

Duterte’s dreadful human-rights record

Human-rights abuses and extrajudicial killings have become common in the Philippines

Democracy
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Facebook investor: democracy and freedom are incompatible

Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel is more dangerous than an FT portrait admits

USA
Katie Cashman

The US needs to build back better

President Joe Biden so far has failed to get Congress to pass important climate policies

Mali
Karim Okanla

It is hard to see how ECOWAS can escape stalemate

Because Mali’s military regime has postponed elections, ECOWAS has imposed sanctions.

Democracy
Katie Cashman
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Looming minority rule in the USA

Joe Biden’s global influence is diminished by an unrepresentative Senate

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Poverty Reduction

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

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

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.

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
How development policy is misunderstood
How GIZ gets young people moving

Sustainability

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

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
How development policy is misunderstood
How GIZ gets young people moving