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Xiomara Acevedo (white blouse, hair down) at the TAFF conference in Santa Marta, Colombia, in April.

Climate action

“We don’t want another endless process without real implementation”

The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels (TAFF), held in Colombia in April, raised hopes for a new approach to climate diplomacy. Colombian activist Xiomara Acevedo describes her impressions of the meeting in a D+C interview.

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by Xiomara Acevedo Navarro
by Leon Kirschgens

Latest contributions

There is so much out there these days – since last year, there has even been a peace prize awarded by the football association. FIFA President Gianni Infantino and US President Donald Trump at the award ceremony.

FIFA

Does international football need to reinvent itself?

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by Alina Schwermer

Human rights

Accused of witchcraft, Malawi’s elderly people are still being killed

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by Lameck Masina
Matches between Gor Mahia (green jersey) and AFC Leopards remain a highlight of the Kenyan football season.

Fandom

Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards: From football rivalry to kinship

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by Solomon Waliaula
View of the Kibera Arts District from the roof of the main gallery. Most of the workshops and studios are located along the “main street”.

Arts

Nairobi’s “artivists” are planning the city’s first biennial

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by Patrick Othieno
by Jamey Ponte
by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
GenZ 212 protests in front of the Moroccan parliament in Rabat in October 2025.

Gen Z

“Hospitals before stadiums”: Morocco’s youth protests over football

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by Salma Mansouri
The Bolivian lithium extraction plant, Llipi, at the Uyuni Salt Flat.

Bolivia

The untapped treasure of the Andes

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by Katja Dombrowski
Antenatal care often comes with hidden costs

Women’s health

In Nigeria, pregnancy care comes with a hidden bill

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by Oluwatoyosi Asunmo
Whenever the NGUVU Homeboyz play, the whole town crowds around the pitch.

Community organisations

For poor communities in Kenya, football is more than just a game

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by Alba Nakuwa
There can be no energy transition without batteries, and when it comes to the battery industry, there is no getting around China: wind turbines in China’s Jiangxi Province.

Just Transition

High ambition: jointly improving the battery industry

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by Inga Petersen
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Exploitative conditions continue to prevail in mining regions of the Global South.

Fair trade

Critical minerals: unearthing injustice

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by Jörg Döbereiner
AI projects can have a positive impact on the lives of people.

AI tools

Four positive AI stories

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by D+C / E+Z

Environmental protection

Why thousands of young activists are fighting for a Zimbabwean lake

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by Lungelo Ndhlovu
Women protest against femicide in Rio de Janeiro in December.

Gender-based violence

Femicide in Brazil: If women must arm themselves the state has failed

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by Thuany Rodrigues
Gen Z protests in Madagascar last year.

Governance

How Africa is caught in the governance trap

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by Aimé Muligo Sindayigaya
Eduardo Relero is a contemporary artist.

Artist of the month

Eduardo Relero creates giant 3D artworks

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by D+C / E+Z
AI projects can have a positive impact on the lives of people.

AI tools

Three positive AI stories

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by D+C / E+Z
Online platforms offer new paths to entrepreneurship.

Digitalisation

How young Zambians build careers on social media

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by Derrick Silimina
Street markets in Senegal are huge and virtually unregulated: the young voters who elected the new government work predominantly in the informal sector.

West Africa

Senegal: An anchor of stability in a turbulent region

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by Jannis Düngemann
The WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies has an explicit focus on sustainability.

Good News

Successful activism and WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies

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by D+C / E+Z
Zambian women take part in the International Women’s Day celebration in Lusaka, the country’s capital, in March 2024.

Gender equality

Promoting women’s property rights in Zambia

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by Beaulah N. Chombo
Funeral for the victims of a Pakistani airstrike on a drug rehabilitation clinic in Kabul in March. According to UN sources, at least 143 civilians were killed in the attack.

Cross-border conflicts

Pakistan and Afghanistan: a war, not a development corridor

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by Katja Mielke
Cooking with solar energy can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Just transition

How clean cooking transforms daily life for Kenyan families

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by Joseph Maina
Rare earth mining site in Kachin State, Myanmar.

Rare earths

Myanmar: A hidden source of China’s most critical minerals

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by Seng Li
by Johanna Sydow
The Ghazipur landfill in New Delhi, one of India’s largest e-waste dumps.

Recycling

How India aims to secure rare earth supply through e-waste

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by Roli Mahajan
Illustration of an Interview with AI

Artificial intelligence

ChatGPT, how would you conduct development policy?

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by D+C / E+Z
Tries to balance his country’s economic interests against those of foreign mining companies: Burundi’s President Évariste Ndayishimiye, pictured here in Addis Ababa in February when Burundi officially assumed the chairmanship of the African Union.

Mining economy

Burundi’s struggle for mining justice

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by Mireille Kanyange

Violence against women

Why marriage is reviving female genital mutilation in Egypt

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by Ahmed Dahaby
A mining site near Rubaya in eastern DRC.

Conflict and resources

Minerals for peace – or war over minerals in the DR Congo?

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by Ezra Moïse Amisi
by Bossissi Nkuba
The port of Lobito in Angola, which gave its name to the Lobito Corridor.

Africa

Economic infrastructure alone is not enough for growth

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by Georg Schäfer
Some AI projects have noble aims. But how useful are they really?

Sustainability and public interest

“The image of AI as a tool is far too simple”

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by Theresa Züger
by Jörg Döbereiner

Contributors

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

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