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Argentina’s President Javier Milei and US President Donald Trump drill into the world: activists in costumes during COP30.

Right-wing populism

“The Sustainable Development Goals are seen as the enemy”

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by Imme Scholz
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
In mid-July, the “Compact with Africa Summit” took place as a side event to the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank presidents.

Africa strategies

Taking a chance on the private sector

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by Simon Züfle
by Philipp von Carlowitz
In 2018, a memorial service was held in Berlin as part of the repatriation of human remains from Germany to Namibia.

Reparations

Justice after genocide

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by Henning Melber
by Jephta Uavavaera Nguherimo
Medical care for children in Lusaka, Zambia. The healthcare sector is hardest hit by the cuts in global funding.

Development policy

Don’t overpromise and underdeliver

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by Heiner Janus
by Tim Röthel
Demonstrators and lawmakers rally against US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk as they disrupt the federal government, including dismantling USAID, in Washington in February.

International cooperation

The destruction of American development policy

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by Stephan Klingebiel
Discussion panel at the BMZ event Rethinking development policy: How to confront coloniality.

Overcoming colonialism

Cooperation, not assistance: overcoming colonial patterns

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by Jörg Döbereiner
DC investments in local urban transport – such as the metro in Lima – have been heavily criticised, but also result in orders for German companies.

Debate on German DC

Proven benefits

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by Nicolai Tust
Chief Mkwawa

Restitution

No surrender to the Germans

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by Lawrence Kilimwiko
German President Steinmeier with descendants of Maji Maji heroes in Songea.

Reparations

Words are not enough

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by Lawrence Kilimwiko
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