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Athletics
Everton Leslie
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

“A quitter never wins”

For Jamaica to excel in athletics, young talents need support

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Games in times of crisis

Brazil is in turmoil, but the Olympic games are not one of the country’s problems

Extremist threats
Tawfik Jelassi

Tunisia deserves attention and support

Tunisia’s young democracy deserves support in its struggle against extremism and poverty

Commodity prices
Nassir Djafari

Explosive issue

Unless commodity exporting countries diversify their economies, crises loom

Editorial
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Take along everyone

Digitalisation brings the world closer together

Comment
Mirco Kreibich

Conflicts over natural resources

Myanmar’s new leadership has to confront a legacy of bad governance left behind by decades of military rule

German policy
Bernd Bornhorst

Credibility test

Germany’s Federal Government needs time frame for fulfilling pledge to spend 0.7 % of GNI on aid

European Op-Ed views

Realpolitik without enthusiasm

European newspaper comments on EU-Turkey agreement on refugee issues

Migration
Ridwanul Hoque

Asian challenge

Bangladesh and other Asian countries must act to alleviate the plight of Rohingya refugees

Elections
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Building a democratic order

When elections cause more problems than they solve

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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