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In brief
Bangladesh
Zafrullah Chowdhury

More than 50 % below the market price

Dialysis saves the lives of people who suffer kidney failure - so it must be made affordable

Global alliances
Hedwig Diekwisch

Big Pharma has a seat at the table

International alliances against non-communicable diseases

Global governance
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Reducing waiting times

Why the WTO agreement on trade facilitation matters

International trade
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The Trump jolt

Opportunities of international trade in the Trump era

Global governance
Monika Hellstern
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Taxes serve SDG achievement

To achieve the SDGs, tax policies must be drafted prudently – and global coordination would make sense

Nutrition
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Big Food causes suffering

Author accuses the food industry of making the poor sick

Horn of Africa
Diglel Fadi

30 years of guerrilla warfare

Civil war has shaped the mindset of Eritrea’s leadership

Frontex
Oliver Harry Gerson

Securing EU borders

The tasks carried out by the European border agency have changed since its creation in 2005

Autocratic governance
D+C / E+Z

Decades of military rule

A brief history of military rule in Pakistan

Child soldiers
Dirk Bathe

Jobs instead of arms

The international community must end profiteering with child soldiers

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Poverty Reduction

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

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
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

Gender Equality

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

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
Modern dowry payment in Kenya

Governance

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

Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire

Sustainability

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

Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire