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Gated communities
Thuany Rodrigues

In Rio, the price of a safe home is very high

For the privileged few, gated communities provide a refuge from violent crime in Brazil

Nationalist warfare
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Putin’s attitude is imperialist and his mindset paranoid

Why Russia’s attack on Ukraine is totally unacceptable

Free speech
Jörg Döbereiner
Jörg Döbereiner

Protecting freedom of expression is a permanent challenge

Quality media deserve appreciation because only they enable people to form and express informed opinions

Journalism
Emmalyn Liwag Kotte

Brave Filipina fighting for the factual truth

The independent website Rappler has become an indispensable source of information in the Philippines

Civil liberties
Emmalyn Liwag Kotte

Duterte’s dreadful human-rights record

Human-rights abuses and extrajudicial killings have become common in the Philippines

Development cooperation
Conrad Schetter
Katja Mielke

In spite of the Taliban, Afghanistan deserves help

To support Afghanistan’s people, international community should restart development cooperation

Prison conditions
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

D+C correspondent locked up in Zimbabwean prison

Jeffrey Moyo endured three weeks in Zimbabwean jails under horrifying conditions

Violent conflict
Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu

Reasons why the AU is dithering while Ethiopia burns

Only Ethiopians can solve Ethiopia’s problems

Disempowerment
Mireille Kanyange
Mireille Kanyange

Where women work and men decide

According to a Burundian saying, he who lacks a good woman lacks wealth

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The truth must be remembered

Those who suppress the historical truth, ultimately want to suppress people

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Poverty Reduction

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Gender Equality

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya

Governance

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“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”

Sustainability

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“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”