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West Africa
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Starting anew

Burkina Faso returns to democracy in presidential election

Gender relations
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Young Arab men fight for women’s rights

Women in particular suffer violence in armed conflicts

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Declaring Gambia an Islamic Republic is irresponsible

President Jammeh is grandstanding

Press freedom
Moutaz Ali

News agency for Libya

In the middle of armed conflict, Libya has a new independent news agency

Migration
Peter Strack

Fight human trafficking

NGOs call for better coordination of state and non-state efforts to stop human trafficking

Refugee camps
Okello Ciro

Desperation breeds violence

Water shortages lead to fights in northern Kenyan refugee camps

Rohingya
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Next wave of refugees looming

Report assesses the situation of Rohingya people in Myanmar

Books
Katharina Borchardt

Confronting a trauma

Current Indonesian literature focuses on the terror of the Suharto dictatorship

Governance
Rozina Islam

Defining corruption

Ideas about corruption diverge, so the term needs to be defined clearly

Comment
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Great nations

What makes a nation great

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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