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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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Assane Diagne

assane@africacheck.org

contributed to D+C/E+Z in winter 2018/2019. He works for the Dakar office of Africa Check, the fact-checking media agency.  

All articles of Assane Diagne

Health care
Assane Diagne

Epicenter of fake pharma

Because of poverty, bad governance and inadequate infrastructure, African pharma markets are dysfunctional

Governance
Assane Diagne

Competitive elections

Senegal is one of few African countries that have never experienced a military coup

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Brazil defended democracy more effectively than the US
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Mona Naggar
There are very few educational opportunities for refugees in Lebanon
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Mahwish Gul
Family planning is a woman’s right
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African responsibility for climate justice

Poverty Reduction

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

Close funding gaps
Why Zambia needs the AfCFTA
Developing Malawi’s food sector
Land-use conflicts undermine food security in Nigeria
A mobile app extends much-needed credit to smallholders

Gender Equality

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

Female farmers need more support in Ghana
Overview culture special
Pakistan is facing a looming water crisis
In Malawi, an NGO is helping victims of gender-based violence
The Taliban’s second emirate

Governance

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

“Focus on what is happening in the present”
Ugandan government prefers money over morality
Close funding gaps
Why Zambia needs the AfCFTA
Social presidency in difficult times

Sustainability

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

“Focus on what is happening in the present”
Ugandan government prefers money over morality
Close funding gaps
Why Zambia needs the AfCFTA
Social presidency in difficult times