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In brief
African Standby Force
Alexandra Janda

A skeptic takes stock

A skeptic takes stock of the African Standby Force

China
Alexandra Janda

Successful cooperation

China's cooperation with donor agencies

Doha Round

Failure after near success

With breakthrough in reach, WTO fails to make progress

Bolivia
Mirjam Gehrke

Mixed results

Despite Morales' referendum victory, Bolivia remains split

Biodiversity
Meike Scholz

“Bonn Mandate” after years of grid-lock

The results of the biodiversity conference in Bonn

News
Eleonore von Bothmer
Claudia Isabel Rittel

International ban of cluster bombs

News

Biodiversity
Meike Scholz

“Bonn Mandate” after years of grid-lock

The results of the biodiversity conference in Bonn

Afghanistan
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Fresh money, troubled administration

Donors pledge billions to Afghanistan

Zimbabwe
Meike Scholz
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Country without hope

Mugabe sworn in again after violence

Food Security
Ellen Thalman

FAO summit with scant results

Food Security: FAO summit with scant results

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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.

Better protection for schools in northern Nigeria
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

Sustainability

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

Better protection for schools in northern Nigeria
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