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Men in a bar in Kano – drinking alcohol has become a pastime in Nigeria.

Alcohol

Why alcohol is a threat to public health in Nigeria

Reforms to the Nigerian healthcare system could be undermined by rising levels of harmful drinking. To tackle this problem, measures such as a stricter regulatory framework, better enforcement of regulations and higher taxes are needed.

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by Chinedu Moghalu

Latest contributions

Books displayed for sale at street book fairs held at different locations across Khartoum.

Conflict

Khartoum: a city picks up its pieces

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by Aunnab Alman
Members of the civil society organisation “Grupo Marte” on patrol in the Mexican border town of Tijuana.

Civil society engagement

Mexico under the influence of drugs

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by Sonja Peteranderl
The Ulumbu Geothermal Power Plant in Wewo village, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia.

Energy

Indigenous protest against projects on Indonesia’s “geothermal island”

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by Garry Lotulung

Pakistan

In Wazirabad’s cutlery industry, workers pay with their health

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by Aqsa Younas
An anti-drugs awareness rally in the northern Indian state of Assam in September.

Faith-based organisations

From gurdwaras to churches: Religion tackles India’s drug crisis

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by Rishabh Jain
A mobile registration van is visiting communities affected by climate-related disasters in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Natural disasters

Making social security in Pakistan more flexible

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by Farman Nawaz
This is what the proposed new world map might look like, showing the sizes of regions near the equator more realistically.

Good News

Initiative seeks wider water access and UN votes on new world map

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by D+C / E+Z
Armed rebels in Chad.

Conflict

Europe’s arms supplies and Africa’s illicit weapons trade

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by George Livingstone
Plastic waste is collected from streets and water channels in Kano, Nigeria, before being processed at a recycling facility.

Waste pickers

In Nigeria, one man’s trash is another man’s income

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by Sarafadeen Olalekan Oyeleke
On the job, come rain or shine: a Zomato delivery worker in Kolkata.

Labour

India’s food-delivery workers are going hungry

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by Rishabh Jain
Children carry their belongings across a flooded field in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State in 2021 – the third consecutive year in which the area had been hit by severe flooding.

Fragile states

Which crisis is the worst in South Sudan?

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by Alba Nakuwa
Sherif Arafa is an Egyptian author and an editorial cartoonist.

Artist of the month

Sherif Arafa is an Egyptian author and cartoonist

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by D+C / E+Z
Artwork by Sherif Arafa.

Our view

Under fire, but still alive

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by Eva-Maria Verfürth

Climate change

How a Malawian village is holding back floods

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by Charles Pensulo
She, too, is on the US sanctions list: Tomoko Akane, the Japanese President of the ICC.

Sanctions

The USA’s attack on international law

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by Sonja Peteranderl
Hadzabe hunters light a fire near Lake Eyasi in northern Tanzania.

Indigenous knowledge

How Indigenous rules can help curb wildfires

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by Lawrence Kilimwiko
The ICC in The Hague in the Netherlands tries individuals accused of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of aggression.

International law

“Strengthening civil society means strengthening international law”

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by Kai Ambos
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Selmin Caliskan is calling on democratic countries to provide better protection for human-rights activists who are facing prosecution.

Transnational repression

How human rights activists are prosecuted abroad

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by Selmin Çalışkan
by D+C / E+Z
Processing and selling cassavas leaves can provide an income to women in Burundi.

Women’s independence

What Sarah makes before Burundi wakes: the business of cassava leaves

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by Mireille Kanyange
Selma Bichbich campaigns internationally for young people to have a greater say in politics.

Youth

“Our generation will lead differently”

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by Selma Bichbich
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Women are primarily responsible for managing their families’ daily lives in the Aboutengue refugee camp.

Women in conflicts

Women’s daily lives in a refugee camp: attacks, shortages and queues

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Protests to mark International Women’s Day in Santiago de Chile in 2025.

Novel

One of many marginalised workers speaks out

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by Jörg Döbereiner
A young man is arrested during the protests in Kenya in 2024.

Rules-based world order

Whose rights does international law protect?

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by Shakira Wafula

Climate change

How a new carbon trading system could benefit Zimbabwean communities

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by Lungelo Ndhlovu
“Bitcoin accepted” – in some restaurants in cities such as Kampala, customers can pay with Bitcoin.

Digital payment

How Bitcoin can be used to drive development

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by Christoph Schneider-Yattara
Their herds are an integral part of the Maasai identity.

CO₂ compensation

For VW to receive CO₂ credits, the Maasai’s cattle must run faster

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by Lawrence Kilimwiko
Progress has been made in the fight against leprosy and malaria.

Good News

Chile eliminates leprosy, vaccinations help fight malaria

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by D+C / E+Z
Information boards for visitors highlight the progress made in protecting the Kasibo Wetland.

Wetlands

How the village of Kasibo in Zimbabwe reinvented itself

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by Calvin Manika
For farming communities in Uganda, failed seasons can quickly become debt crises.

Climate change

When failed harvests turn into debt in Uganda

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by Cinderella Ayebare
A protester accuses China of transnational repression against people in the United Kingdom, in London in April.

Transnational repression

A global threat to human rights and their defenders

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by Philipp Frisch

Contributors

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