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Land ownership
Henning Melber

How the first redistribution attempt failed

The policy proposed by Namibia’s first National Land Reform Conference in the early 1990s never took off

Land restitution
Henning Melber

Righting a wrong

To make amends for colonial-era crimes, Germany should fund Namibian land restitution

Journalism
Qaabata Boru

Giving refugees a voice

An independent refugee-led online newspaper keeps residents of the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya informed

Idi Amin photo exhibition
Isabella Bauer

Facets of a despot

A photo exhibition marks a first tentative attempt by Ugandans to come to terms with the past under Idi Amin

Recurring trauma
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Feelings of aggravation

The history of anti-Muslim violence in India

International Criminal Court
Darleen Seda

Revisiting the peace versus justice debate

Demands for criminal accountability can be an obstacle to peace

Social psychology
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Collective trauma

Every crisis leaves deep scars in the memory of the affected society

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Black lives matter

Legacies of colonialism and slavery are being reassessed around the world after protests that started in Minneapolis

Sexual violence
Rukamanee Maharjan

Justice for the victims

Nepal must urgently reform its sexual violence laws

United Nations
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

New approach to conflict prevention

Realignment of UN peace work and conflict prevention

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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