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Demokratisierung
Social media
Isaac Sagala

Hate speech unchecked

Kenyans worry about hate speech in the media

Post-conflict countries
Reverend Peter Tibi

Restoring trust in society

Essential dimensions of multi-faceted peacebuilding

Media
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Balance and fairness in daily reporting

Peace journalism is a permanent duty – including on social media

Governance
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Setting the right example

Why ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, is becoming a beacon of democracy

Governance
Sella Oneko

Kenya’s game of personality politics

Uhuru Kenyatta is an example of Africa’s political elite being hard to topple

Development policy
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Marshall Plan with Africa

Gerd Müller, Germany’s federal minister for economic cooperation and development, is pursuing a new vision

Activism
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Populists threaten human rights

Human Rights Watch warns of dangerous international trend to strongman rule

Sahel
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Lack of statehood

Experts call for more statehood and better institutions to stabilise the Sahel region

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Revolutionary romanticism is misleading

Why Costa Rica beats Cuba

Authoritarianism
Nora Sausmikat

Populism in the Middle Kingdom

Xi Jinping is centralising government power and reversing progress towards the rule of law in China

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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