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Demonstration against the financing of fossil fuels in France in 2019.

Private-sector banks

No money for coal

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by Katja Dombrowski
Cholera patient in Yemen, the country hit by multiple crises.

Support pledges

Insufficient funding

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by Veronika Ertl
Child soldiers of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in Sierra Leone.

Civil wars

Children in terrorist organisations

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by Dagmar Wolf
Due to the destruction of schools and the dramatic reduction in the number of teachers, a “lost generation” is growing up in Syria: school east of Idlib, destroyed by a Russian attack in March 2020.

Syria

Difficult reconstruction

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by Dagmar Wolf

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
Indigenous community in Ecuador sharing a meal.

Buen Vivir

The good life

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by Philipp Altmann
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
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