Korruption

07.10.2018

Gangsters colluding with governments

Brazilian scholar warns that prohibition is compounding drug-related problems

03.10.2018

In human history, opium was always an important commodity

This drug is both blessing and curse

10.09.2018

The USA is in constitutional crisis

In the USA, even conservative media pundits consider Trump dangerous

Change of government

Afshan Subohi

28.08.2018

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

30.07.2018

Extorting travellers

Why some people still pay bribes to cross ECOWAS borders

Letter to the editor

Frank Bliss

09.05.2018

The quirks of misguided decentralisation in Benin

Reader continues discussions of our focus section “Tax disputes”

Public discourse

08.05.2018

Indispensable quality journalism

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

09.04.2018

Why it would make sense to pardon Lula

Brazil's former president has surrendered to the police

Corruption

Raphael Mweninguwe

09.04.2018

Stealing money from sick people

Malawi’s health sector is crumbling, possibly due to corruption

Southern Africa

Henning Melber

20.03.2018

New brooms sweeping clean?

Political upheaval is taking place from the Congo to South Africa

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Poverty Reduction

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

How GDP statistics are misleading

Growth, green growth or degrowth?

Many crops are neglected in spite of being vitally important

Gender Equality

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

Uganda faces rising challenges in combating gender-based violence

Human rights for all

Kenya debates decriminalising suicide to address mental health

Governance

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

Persistent flooding in Burundi threatens lives and livelihoods

Our editor-in-chief says goodbye

The era of hubristic capitalism

Sustainability

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

Persistent flooding in Burundi threatens lives and livelihoods