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Menschenrechte
Democracy

Crisis of legitimacy

Kenya’s government strikes out against the opposition like a wounded buffalo

Awards

An unconvincing choice

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

China’s leader gets stronger, but his regime gets weaker

Xi Jinping is tightening his grip on power

Bangladesh

More than 50 % below the market price

Dialysis saves the lives of people who suffer kidney failure - so it must be made affordable

Why I feel ambivalent about Kagame’s AU chairmanship

The AU should insist on democratic principles the way ECOWAS does

Our view

By force or by consensus

Why military power had better be restrained by civilian governments

We must choose between the SDGs and a world of bloodshed

Faith-based populism is an abuse of religion

Governance

High-risk balancing act

President Joko Widodo wants the military to do more than protect Indonesia from external threats

Democratic governance

A mixed bag

ECOWAS is setting an example in terms of democratic governance, but challenges persist, according to Ghanaian scholar

Press freedom

Controlled media

Egypt’s journalists are not free to do their work

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Sustainability

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