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In brief
Congo
Cathrine Schweikardt

On the run

Displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Human rights
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Denial within one’s family

Many countries deny gay and lesbian people’s human rights

Energy policy
Eva-Maria Verfürth

26 lonely rangers

Latin America lacks a coherent energy policy

Budget support
Peter Hauff

Undermining democratic control

German think tank criticises EU approach to budget support

Food security
Cathrine Schweikardt

Educate farmers

Dispute over intensification of smallholders’ production

Migration
Cathrine Schweikardt

Underestimated potential

Local networking with migrations would help development agencies

Agriculture
Cathrine Schweikardt

World Bank sees opportunities

World Bank considers foreign investors interest in African farmland an opportunity

Biodiversity
Peter Hauff

Priceless value

In view of dwindling biodiversity, scientists demand a “different economy”

Cambodia
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Torture chief of the Khmer Rouge convicted

Cambodia: Torture chief of the Khmer Rouge convicted

HIV/AIDS
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Protection from a collapsible tube

HIV: Protection from a collapsible tube

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Poverty Reduction

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

The literary power of Black women writers
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Preventing Boko Haram from recruiting young people
Evicting indigenous people
How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence

Sustainability

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

Preventing Boko Haram from recruiting young people
Evicting indigenous people
How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence