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When a family member joins an extremist group, the cattle are safe: herders near Mopti in 2019.

Security

Islamist extremists operate like typical insurgents

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by Lori-Anne Théroux-Bénoni
by Hans Dembowski
Inger Andersen, the executive director of UNEP, speaking at the agency’s headquarter in Nairobi.

Multilateralism

"The UN must adapt to global change"

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by David Mfitumukiza
David Mfitumukiza
by Jörg Döbereiner
by Hans Dembowski
Older people have a right to a dignified life: a woman in Sogamoso, Colombia.

Demographic change

Older people’s rights are human rights

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by Dagmar Wolf
Election winners Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez.

Democracy

Colombians have voted for change

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by Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
Hala trains to become a police officer in Syria.

Summer Special

Emancipation in Syria, both personal and political

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by Aviva Freudmann
Storage facility in Odessa in June 2022.

Geopolitics

The strategic relevance of Ukrainian grain

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by Jane Escher
Street-side barbershop in Zimbabwe.

Our view

The nightmare of states that are too small

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by Hans Dembowski
“A reform of the UN Security Council is necessary, but hard to achieve.”

Global governance

“Democratic states do not wage war on one another”

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by Anna-Katharina Hornidge
Anna-Katharina Hornidge
by Hans Dembowski
Drought in Kenya, March 2022.

Climate-risk insurance

Promising examples of climate-risk insurance schemes

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by Renate Bleich
by Dirk Reinhard
by Christian Barthelt
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