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Governance
Post-war reconstruction
Fidelis Adele

“Ten exercise books for 50 pupils”

Why Sierra Leone did not achieve the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary-school enrolment

West Africa
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Starting anew

Burkina Faso returns to democracy in presidential election

Charity School
Frank Masanta Jr.
Kenneth Muller

Education for all children

How a social entrepreneur is trying to improve the situation of disadvantaged school children in Lusaka

Township
Frank Masanta Jr.

Ng’ombe’s desperate health situation

The township Ng’ombe´s clinic lacks space, staff and up-to-date equipment

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

Relevant reading
Romina Ranke

New transnational networks

NGOs are increasingly using the internet for international networking

Migration
Peter Strack

Fight human trafficking

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

Energy
Hans-Christoph Neidlein

Lower subsidies, more renewables

International Energy Agency speaks out against low oil prices and fuel subsidies

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Poverty Reduction

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

Junk food in school
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
How to end hunger
Why food security needs both peacebuilding and livelihood development
Eco-friendly agriculture must reduce farmers’ costs

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Justice for victims of rape
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?
How GIZ gets young people moving
Why sport is an effective tool for development
Addressing gender-based violence in Colombia

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Junk food in school
Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders

Sustainability

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

Junk food in school
Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders