In brief

Scholars disagree about whether Africa’s independent churches constitute a group of their own

Jean Ziegler, member of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, urges the international community to end world hunger

Human Rights Watch accuses global community of paying insufficient attention to suffering in Yemen, Syria and Myanmar

In fighting cancer, awareness raising is an important first step

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

International alliances against non-communicable diseases

Why the WTO agreement on trade facilitation matters

Opportunities of international trade in the Trump era

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

Author accuses the food industry of making the poor sick