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AI can boost participation, but it can also facilitate manipulation and threaten democracies.

Artificial Intelligence

The future is still ours to shape

Humanity is entering a new reality. The question is no longer whether artificial intelligence will change our lives, but how – and who will be in charge.

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by Eva-Maria Verfürth

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Environment

Running dry

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by Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo
The military under Colonel Assimi Goita (centre) has taken over the government in Mali.

Change of power in Mali

Civil society sees political awakening

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by Grit Lenz
President Emmerson Mnangagwa observes Covid-19 rules – but also uses them for less than benevolent purposes.

Governance

Suppressing dissenters during lockdown

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by Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo
Informal businesses are common in Kenya: knife sharpening service in Nairobi.

Dysfunctional policy

Under-performing ODA darling

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by Hildegard Lingnau
Hildegard Lingnau
by Julia Schnatz
GiveDirectly is cost-efficient, bypasses bureaucracies and helps poor people take their fate into their own hands.

Official development assistance

Why taxation matters

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by Hildegard Lingnau
Hildegard Lingnau
by Julia Schnatz

Solar energy

Power from the sun

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by Derrick Silimina
Mauritius is trying to fight beach erosion due to rising sea levels with sand bags.

Climate action

Covid-19 and the climate crisis are linked

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by Katie Cashman
by Waldo Soto Bruna
by Luis Cisternas
Since the 4th August explosion, protesters in Beirut want vengeance.

Lebanon

Fundamental change is indispensable

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by Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar
Religion has become a politically defining factor in Afghanistan: Eid Gah mosque in Kabul.

Failed state

A slide into war and chaos

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by Nawid Paigham

Depression

Confronting the disease

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by Thuany Rodrigues