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Agriculture

How smart farming helps Zambian communities adapt to drought

In southern Zambia, farmers are using simple yet effective climate-smart methods to survive worsening droughts. A local training programme is helping young people and women secure food and income despite failed rains.

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by Derrick Silimina

25.08.2025

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Indigenous medicine

Why Indigenous knowledge must be preserved

The Maasai know how to treat malaria with bark. Like many other Indigenous groups, they have immense medical knowledge. However, like the entire Maasai way of life, this knowledge is gradually being lost due to forced resettlement for the sake of profit.

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by Lawrence Kilimwiko

22.08.2025

Conflict

A region in constant crossfire

Uvira is situated on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This makes the city and its surroundings an important hub, not only for its immediate neighbours Rwanda and Burundi, but also for Tanzania and Zambia. Given its favourable geographical location, the area should be thriving. The fact that it has instead been the scene of tensions and armed conflicts for ...

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by Jean Masemo

21.08.2025

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Governance

Coups in slow motion

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by Christopher A. Martínez

by Javier A. Cisterna Figueroa

20.08.2025

Protests

Too much violence and grief

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by Grace Atuhaire

19.08.2025

Education

How biogas is transforming school meals and forests in Malawi

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by Lameck Masina

18.08.2025

Monthly Front

Cover of the magazine "E+Z Development and Cooperation" featuring the topic "Mental Health in Times of Crisis" and an artistic depiction of two contrasting faces on a scale.

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In the Digital Monthly Edition 8/2025

Mental health in times of multiple crises

Drug abuse

Addiction’s toll on households

Families also suffer when their loved ones become addicted. In Zimbabwe, where healthcare systems are already overwhelmed and the effects of mental illness still tend to be underestimated, no one gets the help they need.

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by Derick Matsengarwodzi

07.08.2025

Health funding

How Zimbabwe could benefit from investing in mental health

The chronic underfunding of Zimbabwe’s healthcare sector is contributing to a rise in mental illness. The lack of investment will have long-term consequences not only for the wellbeing of the population, but also for the country’s economy.

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by Derick Matsengarwodzi

06.08.2025

Our view

Strengthening mental health worldwide

In our crisis-ridden world, people’s mental well-being is suffering greatly. Low-income countries in particular lack professional staff, and mental health issues are often taboo. This urgently needs to change.

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by Maren van Treel