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Arab world in turmoil

Press clippings: Arab world in turmoil

Comment
Elke Grawert

New start, old baggage

South Sudanese people voted for independence

World Social Forum
Mohamed Gueye

Near flop

The World Social Forum was about to flop

Comment
Ronald Meinardus

Democratic uprising

Europe must support democratic uprising in the Arab world

Interview
Yasser Alwan

“A new sense of purpose”

An eyewitness report of revolution on Cairo’s Tahrir Square

Protests in the Arab World
Martina Sabra

Holiday paradise and police state

Why Ben Ali fell and the West is not in favour in Tunisia

Unrest in Egypt
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Role model Erdogan

Turkey under Erdogan could serve as an example to Arab countries – but Europe failed to embrace him

Comment
Siddharth Narrain

Post-colonial authoritarianism

Binayak Sen is a post-colonial victim of a repressive law from India’s colonial past

Comment
Vladimir Antwi-Danso

Reconstruct African governance

Gbagbo must not be allowed to prevail, but Cote d'Ivoire’s crisis is about more than only big-man politics

Human rights
Rowland Jide Macaulay
Friederike Wyrwich

“We are not asking for sanctions”

Campaigning for the rights of homosexual Christians in Nigeria

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Poverty Reduction

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

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
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?

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.

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
How development policy is misunderstood

Sustainability

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

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
How development policy is misunderstood