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Comment
Nassir Djafari

Maghreb at risk

Closer economic cooperation could bring more stability to North Africa

Myanmar
Christina Grein

From euphoria to disillusionment

Myanmar’s NLD Government has disappointed many hopes since coming to power almost one year ago

G20
Hans-Joachim Fuchtel

One world – our responsibility

Germany’s Federal Government will put the SDS high on the agenda of this year’s G20 summit in Hamburg

Editorial
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Promoting peace

A new start after violent conflicts is difficult – but not impossible

Corruption
Nico Beckert

Misleading index

Corruption in Africa: preconceptions and hidden perpetrators

Comment
Timur Tinç

Dangerous friend-or-foe thinking

President Erdogan’s divisiveness is plunging Turkey into crisis

Governance
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Setting the right example

Why ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, is becoming a beacon of democracy

Governance
Sella Oneko

Kenya’s game of personality politics

Uhuru Kenyatta is an example of Africa’s political elite being hard to topple

United Nations
Friederike Bauer

Guterres is on fire

The new UN secretary-general is a refreshing change of pace from his predecessor

Authoritarianism
Nora Sausmikat

Populism in the Middle Kingdom

Xi Jinping is centralising government power and reversing progress towards the rule of law in China

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Junk food in school
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
How to end hunger
Why food security needs both peacebuilding and livelihood development
Eco-friendly agriculture must reduce farmers’ costs

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Justice for victims of rape
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?
How GIZ gets young people moving
Why sport is an effective tool for development
Addressing gender-based violence in Colombia

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Junk food in school
Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders

Sustainability

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

Junk food in school
Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders