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Bhutan is the first country that has become carbon negative.

Good news

Bhutan’s successful climate action and Vietnam’s new AI law

The two pieces of good news this month are about Bhutan, the first carbon negative country, and Vietnam’s new AI law.

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by D+C / E+Z

Latest contributions

Protests in the run-up to SpaceX’s initial public offering, which made Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire.

Plutocracy

Another step towards Muskism

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by Hans Dembowski
The Makoko floating slum in Lagos, Nigeria.

Population growth

Why affordable housing remains out of reach in Nigeria

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by Sarafadeen Olalekan Oyeleke
Ghana’s foreign minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, at the opening of the Consultative Conference in Accra.

Slavery

Humanity’s gravest crime: “Recognition creates responsibility”

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by Dasmani Laary
Russian oligarch Alexei Mordashov’s “Nord” yacht passed through the Strait of Hormuz in April 2026. Picture taken in the Eastern Bosphorus Strait in 2022.

Power and wealth

The oligarchs’ world is here. What can we do about it?

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by David Lingelbach
by Valentina Rodríguez Guerra
The “Road to Africa” project is testing the infrastructure for e-mobility in Africa by undertaking journeys through several countries.

E-mobility

Powering Africa’s trade: The promise of electric corridors

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by Kenny Suze
Will the UN Sustainable Development Goals be abandoned after 2030? Their future is uncertain.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Four future scenarios for the 2030 Agenda

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by Johannes Kummerow
by Jörn Geißelmann
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke at a protest in New Delhi in June.

Political satire

Why young Indians are proud to call themselves cockroaches

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by Roli Mahajan
Friedrich Merz and Benjamin Netanyahu at a joint press conference in Jerusalem in December 2025.

Israel/Palestine

A distorted idea of the “reason of state”

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by Hans Dembowski
Good repairability can significantly extend the lifespan of a smartphone.

Technology

Why “fair” smartphones should become the new standard

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by Viktor Schödwell
The coaching staff of the Tanzanian men’s national team.

International football

“The first thought is: We need a man for this.”

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by Carolin Braun
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
A view of Singapore’s Central Business District, which supplies large parts of Southeast Asia with capital.

Start-up funding

“Capital is not neutral”

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by Jennifer Ho
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Without press freedom, darkness prevails: Streetlights have been turned off in Cairo during an effort to save energy in March.

Press freedom

What it means to be a journalist in President Sisi’s Egypt

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by Mostafa Nabil
Romita Ghosh, founder of MAAP (Malnutrition Assessment and Action Plan).

India

Romita Ghosh uses AI to fight malnutrition

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by Romita Ghosh
by Roli Mahajan
Pre-school education is essential to ensure that children can keep up in primary school.

Literacy

Better early childhood education for Zambia’s future

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by Diana Sakala
Ultra fans of Al Ahly protest against the government in Tahrir Square in Cairo in September 2011.

Football stories

Egypt’s Ultras as part of the revolution

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by Marius Moniak
Supporters of Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar during a march to commemorate the 1956 Hungarian revolution in Budapest in 2025.

Democracy Index

The path to autocracy is reversible

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by Marius Moniak

Psychology

In Pakistan, they are waiting for loved ones who may never return

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by Aqsa Younas
The Quizat office in Damascus.

Post-conflict societies

Syria’s start-ups: building innovation from the rubble

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by Rishabh Jain
He fought for his team and his country: Didier Drogba at a match against Benin in 2008, when he was captain of the national football team of Côte d’Ivoire.

Football stories

How Didier Drogba contributed to reconciliation in Côte d’Ivoire

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by Isah Shafiq
A boy is hanging up laundry at Beirut’s Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, which has been converted into an emergency shelter for refugees.

Conflict

Life in war-torn Lebanon: refuge in a football stadium

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by Ali Awadeh
The world is rich in mineral resources – yet the profits are unevenly distributed.

Mining

Rare earths and other critical minerals – an overview

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by D+C / E+Z
Oil drilling in Vaca Muerta, Argentina: plans are in place to expand the infrastructure for liquefied natural gas in this vast shale oil and gas field.

Supply chains

Europe is shifting its attention to energy resources in Latin America

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by Andreas Stamm
by Verónica Robert
Flowers are becoming a luxury in Burundi's capital Bujumbura.

Horticulture

When flowers become a luxury in Burundi’s capital

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by Mireille Kanyange
Can he save Africa from current and future fuel crises? Aliko Dangote at a panel discussion in Doha last year.

Energy

Can East Africa refine its way out of crisis?

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
For boys and girls all over the world, football also means having opportunities.

Football

The world’s greatest game

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
The Goldman Environmental Prize this year has gone exclusively to women.

Good News

Recognition of Afghan women’s football team and prize for female environmental activists

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by D+C / E+Z
Michel Nkuka Mboladinga at the DRC match against Algeria.

Football stories

An iconic fan from the DRC

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama addresses the UN General Assembly in September 2025 wearing a fugu.

Culture

The “blouse” that became a political statement for Ghanaian fashion

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by Derrick Silimina
Rael Lomoti and members of one of her Desert Roses teams on their way to a match.

Football stories

Women’s football in the Kenyan desert

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Members of the Afghan women’s team celebrate a goal in October 2025. At the time, the team was still competing under the name “Afghan Women United”.

Football stories

A success for Afghan women’s football

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by Isah Shafiq

Contributors

by Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola
A powerful role model for African girls
by Samir Abi
African responsibility for climate justice
by Sundus Saleemi
Sundus Saleemi
Whose development?
by Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar
Promoting pluralistic discourse
by Ndongo Samba Sylla
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Giving voice to the voiceless
by Imran Mukhtar
Can India withhold Pakistan’s water?
by Ben Ezeamalu
Ben Ezeamalu
Why many Africans must rely on informal health care
by David Mfitumukiza
David Mfitumukiza
Pressure on wildlife in Uganda
by Marva Khan
Marva Khan
Tangible action needed in Pakistan
by Hildegard Lingnau
Hildegard Lingnau
Many crops are neglected in spite of being vitally important
by Roli Mahajan
Why young Indians are proud to call themselves cockroaches
by André de Mello e Souza
Trump’s vision to reclaim the “US backyard”
by Svenja Schulze
Svenja Schulze
Women, climate and chocolate
by Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Need for government advertising makes media vulnerable
by Boro Baski
Boro Baski
Why some Indian farmers are backing away from rice cultivation
by Henning Melber
Justice after genocide
by Aditi Roy Ghatak
Why India and China are realigning their relations
by Markus Loewe
Markus Loewe
Financing health systems for informal workers
by Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado
Mexico’s first female president
by Hugh Williamson
Hugh Williamson
The internet is crucial
by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
A hotline to support young people’s mental health in Uganda
by Achim Steiner
In a time of disruption, we still have prospects
by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
Can East Africa refine its way out of crisis?
by Kathrin Berensmann
Kathrin Berensmann
Ideas to reform debt policy
by Suparna Banerjee
Suparna Banerjee
The ecosystem of hate
by Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
by Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar
There are very few educational opportunities for refugees in Lebanon
by Praveen Jha
US tariffs will aggravate economic crises in the Global South
by José Siaba Serrate
José Siaba Serrate
What G7 should do in response to sovereign debt crises
by Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
A growing appeal for authoritarian rule

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