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Image by David Amen, inspired by the favelas in Rio de Janeiro.

Urban life

Cities have many faces

What makes a city liveable? Many of the problems faced by Nairobi – and the ways they are being tackled – are typical of big cities in the Global South.

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

Latest contributions

People walk on the street of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Urban mobility

Ethiopia’s promising future on foot and by bike

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by Stefanie Holzwarth
March for the 8th UN Global Road Safety Week in Gaborone, Botswana, in May 2025.

Urban mobility

Walking and cycling: Africa’s undervalued path to sustainable mobility

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by Stefanie Holzwarth
Cocoa harvest in Ghana: For cocoa farmers, the billion-dollar market often does not yield much.

Supply chains

Tracking cocoa from tree to trade

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by Nastaran Zarnegari
by Francis Dadzie Mintah

Sustainability

How biogas is changing daily life in rural Rwanda

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by Stella Tushabe
The Metrocable in Medellín’s Comuna 13 neighbourhood.

Urban innovation

The miracle of Medellín

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by Camilo Andrés Carvajal Guerra
The life-threatening tropical disease malaria is transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito.

Good News

Success in the fight against malaria

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by D+C / E+Z
David Amen is socially involved in Rio de Janeiro.

Artist of the month

David Amen supports young people in Rio's favelas

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by D+C / E+Z
Aya Cissoko attends the first meeting of the Parliament of Francophone Women Writers in Orleans in 2018.

Books

Moving forward without losing sight of one’s roots

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by Dagmar Wolf

Motorcycle taxis

The dark side of Malawi’s motorcycle boom

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by Charles Pensulo
Bicycle riders gather during the Lagos State Government 2022 World Car Free Day.

Urban traffic

How citizens take action for a cleaner and healthier Lagos

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by Olamide Udoma-Ejorh
by Waziri Mainasara
A supporter of Chile’s far-right president José Antonio Kast holds up a photograph of former dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte when celebrating the election win.

South America

A growing appeal for authoritarian rule

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by Pedro Alarcón
by Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
At an event in São Paulo in 2024, women commemorate the abolition of slavery in Brazil in 1888.

Novel

How brave women fight back against oppression

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by Sinikka Soriya Dombrowski
The informal settlement of Mathare was among the areas hardest hit by the floods.

Climate risks

Nairobi’s floods showed why urban plans need to be made with the poor

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by Sam Olando
by Eva Dick

Climate change

Why aquaculture is gaining ground among farmers in Zimbabwe

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by Lungelo Ndhlovu
In the Tafara settlement in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, residents are working to improve their living conditions.

Informal settlements

How marginalised urban communities in Africa are driving innovation

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by Teurai Anna Nyamangara
Refugees continue to risk their lives in the Mediterranean Sea.

Book

A prayer on the night before fleeing across the sea

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by Dagmar Wolf
“Tagesschau”, the German-language news programme with the greatest reach, devoted more airtime to sport in the first half of 2022 than to all the countries of the Global South put together.

Media

Prioritising royals over hunger: how media neglect the Global South

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by Ladislaus Ludescher
Tuk-tuk delivery fleet of a South African grocery store.

Mobility

How delivery services are reshaping cities

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by Marcela Guerrero Casas
by Dustin Kramer

Youth employment

Two Chinese wheels and a steady income for young Zambians

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by Derrick Silimina
Demonstrations against the government of former Peruvian President Dina Boluarte in Lima in 2023.

SDGs

How Peru has progressed despite political turmoil

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by Javier Bronfman
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Scene from the music video for “Maandamano” by Bien and Breeder LW.

Music

Dancing under tear gas

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
The logo of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals: In Germany, sustainability is often used to refer to ecological issues.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

The SDG’s core vision: an opportunity for development cooperation

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by Estelle Herlyn

2030 Agenda in numbers

Global development goals: progress and setbacks

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by Isah Shafiq

Waste management

How plastic pollution threatens life around Lake Tanganyika

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by Mireille Kanyange
The building of the German Parliament (Bundestag). There are fewer women in Parliament than in the previous legislative period.

Governance

Driving force or hindrance? Germany and the SDGs

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by Tobias Hauschild
Naila Conita.

Artist of the month

Naila Conita

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by D+C / E+Z
Renewable energy is on the rise.

Good News

Renewable energy and protecting the ocean

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by D+C / E+Z
Illustration by Naila Conita, Indonesia.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Not on track, but not lost yet, either

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by Eva-Maria Verfürth

Youth employment

Cafés become hubs of hope for a jobless youth in Somalia

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by Bahja Ahmed
A traditional jumping dance is part of the Enkipaata ceremony, a Maasai male rite of passage that is still practised today.

Gender studies

Evolving masculinities

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by Stephen Mutie

Contributors

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

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