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Korruption
Rule of law
Edith Koesoemawiria

President Widodo’s war on drugs

In 2015 and 2016, Indonesia executed 18 drug offenders

Narcotics
Julian Quintero
Julia Jaroschewski
Sonja Peteranderl

“Drugs are in our country’s DNA”

Drugs permeate all levels of society in Colombia

Organised crime
Eleonore von Bothmer

Paradigm change

To protect people from harm, the Global Commission argues that drugs should be regulated not prohibited

Mafia
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Gangsters colluding with governments

Brazilian scholar warns that prohibition is compounding drug-related problems

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

In human history, opium was always an important commodity

This drug is both blessing and curse

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The USA is in constitutional crisis

In the USA, even conservative media pundits consider Trump dangerous

Change of government
Afshan Subohi

Flamboyant icon of the past

In his first TV address as Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan did not comment on the most pressing challenges

Borders
Ibrahim Orèd'Ola Falola

Extorting travellers

Why some people still pay bribes to cross ECOWAS borders

Letter to the editor
Frank Bliss

The quirks of misguided decentralisation in Benin

Reader continues discussions of our focus section “Tax disputes”

Public discourse
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Indispensable quality journalism

Journalism’s quality standards, and the public must understand them

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Poverty Reduction

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

Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Gender Equality

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

Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most

Governance

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts

Sustainability

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts