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Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values

Religion can be used in politics in two fundamentally different ways, and only one serves global cooperation for a sustainably liveable planet.

Pharmaceuticals

Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa

Why it took so long for innovative treatments to make a difference in HIV positive people’s lives in South Africa

Sexually transmitted disease

HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa

Elderly are particularly affected by HIV/AIDS

Climate crisis

An Indian student expresses her concern about global heating

The impacts of the climate crisis on the South Asian subcontinent are already quite bad.

Gender justice

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women

Islamist Taliban regime has effectively erased women from public life.

Restitution

No surrender to the Germans

The story of the skull of the resistant Chief Mkwawa is an example of the arbitrariness with which the colonisers treated their subjects – even decades after their death.

Reparations

Words are not enough

One year ago, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier travelled to Tanzania to apologise for the atrocities committed by his country during its colonial rule. This was a first, but an apology alone is not enough.

Right-wing authoritarianism

Plutocrats expect Trump to serve their interests

Why Elon Musk and other titans of Silicon Valley and Wall Street supported Donald Trump

Identity politics

Why many East Germans think they are only second-class citizens

In a fascinating new book, an East German sociologist elaborates why German unification did not – and could not – result in a uniform German identity. It never will.

South Asia

In Pakistan, authoritarian attitudes are a colonial legacy

After 77 years of independence, Pakistan’s society, economy and politics are still marked by institutions established by the British Empire.

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