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Governance
Sports

“Joint effort”

With support from Germany, Salvador da Bahia is preparing to host FIFA World Cup games in 2014

Military

Problematic sale

Church-based organisations in Germany criticise their country's increasing arms exports

Health

Helping AIDS orphans

Swiss-backed NGO supports AIDS orphans in southern and eastern Africa

Arab spring

“Jobs are hard to find”

An eyewitness assesses Egypt's situation two years after the uprising against Hosni Mubarak: "Tough and confusing times"

Fragile statehood

Restart

A new security constellation is emerging in the aftermath of the Central African Republic's most recent rebellion.

Working conditions

Limited union rights

Clean Clothes Campaign wants European governments to enforce transparency in the global textiles trade

Sustainability

Conferences of consequence

Global environment summits like Rio+20 trigger new initiatives in China

Digital activism

Live from the favela

Internet opens windows on life in Brazilian favelas

Public health

Controversial campaign

Malawi's unpopular Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision programme looks stuck

Dealing with the past

Colonial shadows

Germany struggles to deal with colonial-past atrocities in Namibia

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