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In brief
East Africa
Raphael Sungu Raphael Sungu

Losing one’s dignity

In this refugee camp, human beings are reduced to numbers

East Africa
Raphael Sungu Raphael Sungu

A depressing camp in Kenya’s northwest

Kakuma camp and the global refugee crisis

Health care
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

A short history of Indian pharma

How government action helped India’s pharma sector to grow

Central Africa
Theresa Krinninger

Unprotected civilians

Inter-faith dialogue helps to bring about peace in CAR – but more must happen

Fragile states
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

New spaces of violence in ungoverned places

Scholars assess organised violence in different forms and places

Female Genital Mutilation
Idah Nabateregga

100 million women affected

Women in sub-Saharan Africa are especially affected by female genital mutilation

Employment
Hans-Christoph Neidlein

Digitalisation revolutionises work

Human Development Report 2015 calls for equitable and decent work for all

Cooperation
Martin Verfürth

Apple tree versus tanks

School exchange programmes: German–Palestinian partnership during the Middle East conflict

HIV/AIDS
Theresa Krinninger

Halfway there

UNAIDS reports major success in global fight against HIV/AIDS and wants to stop epidemic by 2030

Democracy
Ellen Thalman

A long way to go

Experts call for more western support for the democratic movement in Tunis

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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.

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
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”

Sustainability

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
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”