Governance
Supporting civil society

Making democratic principles tangible

Shrinking spaces call for new support strategies

Diabetes

Mexico’s sugar war

Soft-drink manufacturers fight policies that serve to curb excessive sugar consumption

Garment production

Glimmers of hope

In Bangladesh´s garment industry there are entrepreneurs who are improving working condition for their staff

Education

No money, no schoolbooks

Zambia’s cash problems affect the education sector negatively

Farming

Drought is the new normal

East Africa is now obviously a low-rainfall area, so the region must adapt to climage change

India

Brutally divisive

That Prime Minister Modi’s made Yogi Adityanath chief minister of Uttar Pradesh is proof of his supremacist extremism

In Turkey and elsewhere, democracy is not just majority rule

Universal principles require international monitoring

Authoritarianism

Post-referendum repression

After a close – and disputed – referendum victory, Turkey’s government is running yet more purges of the police and civil service

International cooperation

Continent of opportunity

The African Development Bank considers the German proposal to launch a Marshall Plan a step in the right direction

Civil war

From child soldier to businessman

A former child soldier in Uganda managed to become a successful businessman

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