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EU policy

Tackling trade and migration

In North Africa, EU trade policy is not reducing migration so far, but actually adding to the problem

Our view

Overwhelmingly positive progress

Steven Pinker shows that humankind has made dramatic progress and suggests what to do to achieve even more

Our view

Creating equal opportunities

The pledge to leave no one behind should apply to children in particular

Childhood and youth

This matter cannot wait

African policymakers must do more than pay lip service to the Sustainable Development Goal to improve education at all levels

Respiratory health

10 % of the disease burden

India needs determined action to fight air pollution

Global development

Ignored achievements

In order to rise to future challenges, humanity needs to be aware of past achievements

Our view

Trapped in a vicious cycle

Since the global spread of non-communicable diseases not only results from longer life-expectancies, social disparities must be tackled

African Union

Wrong chairman

In spite of his merits, Rwandan President Kagame is the wrong man to head the African Union

Democracy

Crisis of legitimacy

Kenya’s government strikes out against the opposition like a wounded buffalo

Awards

An unconvincing choice

Why Ellen Johnson Sirleaf should not be awarded the Mo Ibrahim Prize

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