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Bicycle riders gather during the Lagos State Government 2022 World Car Free Day.

Urban traffic

How citizens take action for a cleaner and healthier Lagos

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by Olamide Udoma-Ejorh
by Waziri Mainasara
A supporter of Chile’s far-right president José Antonio Kast holds up a photograph of former dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte when celebrating the election win.

South America

A growing appeal for authoritarian rule

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by Pedro Alarcón
by Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
The informal settlement of Mathare was among the areas hardest hit by the floods.

Climate risks

Nairobi’s floods showed why urban plans need to be made with the poor

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by Sam Olando
by Eva Dick
In the Tafara settlement in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, residents are working to improve their living conditions.

Informal settlements

How marginalised urban communities in Africa are driving innovation

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by Teurai Anna Nyamangara
Tuk-tuk delivery fleet of a South African grocery store.

Mobility

How delivery services are reshaping cities

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by Marcela Guerrero Casas
by Dustin Kramer
Demonstrations against the government of former Peruvian President Dina Boluarte in Lima in 2023.

SDGs

How Peru has progressed despite political turmoil

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by Javier Bronfman
by Eva-Maria Verfürth

2030 Agenda in numbers

Global development goals: progress and setbacks

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by Isah Shafiq
The building of the German Parliament (Bundestag). There are fewer women in Parliament than in the previous legislative period.

Governance

Driving force or hindrance? Germany and the SDGs

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by Tobias Hauschild
Naila Conita.

Artist of the month

Naila Conita

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by D+C / E+Z
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