In brief

Medica Afghanistan is lending support to women who have survived violence

Gerd Müller, Germany’s federal minister for economic cooperation and development, is pursuing a new vision

Human Rights Watch warns of dangerous international trend to strongman rule

Many milestones passed before the founding of the Global Partnership on Effective Development

Experts call for more statehood and better institutions to stabilise the Sahel region

Official development assistance keeps rising, but remains less than pledged

In Mexico, candidates on the right and left present themselves as men of the people

In Egypt, different ideas of the nation have served different political

Right-wing populism is gaining ground in Europe

Civil-society organisations are under pressure in many countries – and so are their international partners