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In brief
Coronavirus

Unresolved vaccine issues

African mRNA vaccine production may yet face hurdles because of intellectual-property rights Webheadline: Coronavirus: unresolved vaccine issues

Traditional health care

Escaping the curse of childlessness

Traditional approaches to overcoming infertility in Nigeria

Al-Sisi regime

How Cairo spies on regime critics online

Egyptian regime uses spyware against critics – some of it bought from European companies.

Civil liberties

Duterte’s dreadful human-rights record

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

Transformation to sustainbility

New mindset needed

How to make transformation happen

Outdated paradigms

Shaping a common sustainable future

In view of environmental crisis, political economist wants economic activity, growth and consumption to be reconsidered

Latin America

Chile’s next president faces huge challenges

Chile’s voters want fundamental change – but stability is needed too

Restitution

The return of the Benin objects

Hamburg Museum will return first Benin bronzes to Nigeria this year

Germany

Germany needs more than double speed for climate targets

The German economy is recovering from the pandemic, but must change quickly for effective climate protection

Blue Action Fund

Funding ocean protection

Blue Action Fund celebrates five years financing the protection of marine and coastal areas

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Sustainability

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