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Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Anti-racists’ two-front struggle

Lessons from the history of racist ideas in the USA

Tribalism
Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu

Tribalism hides the gap between rich and poor

Kenya’s underlying class struggle needs to be addressed

Islamism
Rishikesh Thapa

Islamist ideology has softened a bit in Afghanistan

German expert’s insights into how the Taliban have changed

Identity politics
Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu

Why Kenya’s president has fallen out with his deputy

Kenya is stuck in tribalism, and calls for national unity are all too often manipulative

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Our colleague Jeffrey Moyo has been arrested in Harare

Our colleague Jeffrey Moyo has been arrested in Harare

Rural health care
Sumeya Issa

Medicines and supplies are difficult to find in rural Malawi

Rural Malawians are poorly served by clinics lacking medicines and expertise

Forced labour
Thuany Rodrigues

Slavery in all but name

Slavery is formally illegal in Brazil but in practice it is still widespread

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why Xi Jinping’s government is weaker than it seems

If you think China is the irresistibly rising world power, spare a thought for Oscar winner Chloé Zhao

Covid-19
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi

International NGO assesses pandemic impacts on human right

Human Rights Watch takes stock of Covid-19 pandemic

Training
Laura Hinze

Preventing teacher violence

Training programme to curb teacher violence as an educational practice

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Poverty Reduction

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

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
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

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.

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”
Why Kenya is on fire

Sustainability

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

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”
Why Kenya is on fire