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In brief
In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 28 February to 6 March

Private sector
Theresa Krinninger

Don’t panic

German companies still hesitate to do business in Africa

Radicalisation
Theresa Krinninger

A better life in the caliphate

ISIS is recruiting fighters in Central Asia

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 21 February to 27 February

Migration
Marc von ­Boemcken
Ruth Vollmer

Death on the southern border

Rigorous protection of Europe’s borders means many refugees are losing their lives

European Year for Development
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

A special year

The European Year for Development is much more than a PR effort

Value chains
Theresa Krinninger

Due diligence

Without binding laws, the value chain of mobile phones will not become more equitable

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 14 February to 20 February

Trade and urbanisation
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Growing transport threatens climate

Carbon emissions from international freight will quadruple by 2050, warns OECD Transport Outlook 2015

European policy
Theresa Krinninger

Unfinished business

The EU needs to follow up on the good intentions expressed at the EU-Africa Summit in 2014

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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.

How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets

Sustainability

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

How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets