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Korruption
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why it would make sense to pardon Lula

Brazil's former president has surrendered to the police

Corruption
Raphael Mweninguwe

Stealing money from sick people

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

Southern Africa
Henning Melber

New brooms sweeping clean?

Political upheaval is taking place from the Congo to South Africa

Awards
Vladimir Antwi-Danso

An unconvincing choice

Why Ellen Johnson Sirleaf should not be awarded the Mo Ibrahim Prize

Agriculture
Raphael Mweninguwe

Flushing out illegal farmers

The tobacco industry in Malawi uses first-line technology to detect fraud

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

It was high time for Zuma to go

The ANC is deeply split – but that can be read as healthy sign of inner-party democracy

Congo
Christoph Vogel
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

“The state functions according to its entirely own logic”

An expert on the Congo explains who is operating militarily in the country and why, and what a peaceful solution might look like

Press freedom
Ingy Salama

Controlled media

Egypt’s journalists are not free to do their work

Business
Ingy Salama

Military empire

Egypt’s military wields an enormous economic and political power

Public finance
Karim Okanla

Incentives to become formal

Even if rates are kept low, more formal businesses will mean more tax revenue in Benin

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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