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The body of a Kenyan domestic worker who died under unclear circumstances in Saudi Arabia is carried out of a hearse in Kenya in 2023.

Migration

For many Kenyans, seeking work abroad still comes at a high price

Thousands of Kenyans leave the country every year in search of work abroad. New reforms target rogue recruiters, but many migrants remain exposed to exploitation.

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by Joseph Maina

Latest contributions

In 2025, Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Reem Alabali Radovan, visited the municipal groundwater source in Amman together with Jihad Al-Mahamid, Secretary-General of Jordan’s Ministry of Water and Irrigation.

International cooperation

An investment in water is an investment in security

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by Reem Alabali Radovan
The German broadcaster DW designed an app to circumvent digital censorship.

Good News

Kenya as a pioneer of clean energy and a German app designed to circumvent censorship

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by D+C / E+Z
Iranian journalist Hannah Kaviani participated in the Global Media Forum 2026 in Bonn.

Media

Independent journalism in the age of Big Tech and AI

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by Lucia Deon
Terminology relating to the start-up world can be confusing.

Glossary

Key terms to know when talking about start-ups

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by Sarah Heinz
KfW Development Bank finances German development projects abroad through loans and grants.

Germany

German development cooperation in facts and figures

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by D+C / E+Z

Economy

How Malawi’s forex crisis disrupts everyday life

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by Benson Kunchezera
Workers supervise the unloading of metro train cars in Bogota, after disembarking from China, in September 2025.

China in Latin America

An unexpected boost for democracy

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by Marcela Ibáñez
by Alain Schläpfer
Perceptions of China vary considerably around the world, ranging from positive attitudes to viewing it as an existential threat.

Our view

Growing presence, changing course

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by Jörg Döbereiner
Biclaire Shukrani trains young people in tailoring at the Kakuma refugee camp.

Refugees

How a tailor makes a difference where the aid system fails

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by Rey Bulambo
Union Street in the city of Vereeniging, south of Johannesburg.

South Africa

Africa’s largest economy is deindustrialising

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by Nathalie Bertrams
by Tristen Taylor

Drug trafficking

Fishermen pay the price for South Africa’s drug crackdown

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by Winile Ximba
The company Spiro has deployed over 80,000 electric motorcycles across several African countries. Other start-ups have been less successful.

Public infrastructure

Why impact start-ups tend to work best where they are needed least

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by Olumide Onitekun

Medicine shortage

Zambia’s health insurance dispute leaves patients stranded

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by Derrick Silimina
Mela for Her designes and manufactures reusable sanitary pads and menstrual underwear.

Ethiopia

“These menstrual health challenges require a market-based solution”

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by Kaleab Getaneh Zewelde
Nigeria is not the only country affected by sickle-cell disease: awareness campaign in Uganda in 2022.

Health

The high cost of sickle cell disease

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by Munyal Manunyi
There have already been two landslides this year at Rubaya, the largest coltan mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, each claiming several hundred lives.

Mining

How to limit hazards of energy transition

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by Hans Dembowski
An African journalist flies a kite at the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing.

Media

How China is expanding its media influence in Africa

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
Soldiers wait for the funeral of Mali’s former defence minister, Sadio Camara, to begin. He died in an Islamist attack in Mali in April.

Conflict

Why military solutions keep failing in the Sahel

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by Olayinka Ajala
The Southeast Asian company Grab has grown from a start-up into a multinational technology company offering a “super-app” for ride-hailing, food delivery and digital payment services.

Technical infrastructure

How start-ups are plugging infrastructure gaps in the Global South

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by Wolfgang Krieger
Yoselyn Malamud Kessler is the CEO of the Peruvian food group Virú.

Peru

Innovation and diversification helped a Peruvian company go global

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by Yoselyn Malamud Kessler

Gender equality

Speaking out about violence against women in Cameroon

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by Glein Neneng
The Chinese-built Entebbe Expressway in Uganda.

Africa

China is a main character, but Africa needs to write the script

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by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi

Our view

Why we need to tell different start-up stories

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by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Protest against funding cuts in German development aid in front of the Federal Chancellery in July 2026.

Development policy and the German public

Support for development aid growing again in Germany

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by Helge Zille
A patient in isolation at a treatment centre in the province of Ituri, in eastern DRC.

Health

Ebola is not the only emergency

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by Jasmin Behrends
by Stephanie Johanssen
Drone deliveries can strengthen healthcare systems.

Healthcare

In Malawi, funding cuts hold back medical help from above

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by Raphael Mweninguwe
View of the Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China.

Development regime

China’s rise from a very poor to a higher-middle income country

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by Stefan Dercon
by Hans Dembowski
Fanuel Leul is a digital artist

Artist of the month

Fanuel Leul is an Ethiopian digital artist

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by D+C / E+Z
Bhutan is the first country that has become carbon negative.

Good news

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

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by D+C / E+Z
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

Contributors

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

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