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Border conflict

This vital corridor has become deadly for truck drivers

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by Derrick Silimina
Narendra Modi, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin in September.

International relations

Why India and China are realigning their relations

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by Aditi Roy Ghatak
Coal mine in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Decarbonisation

The fossil fuel reality behind the rhetoric of energy transition

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by Pedro Alarcón
Lesotho declared an unprecedented two-year “state of national disaster” in order to reorganise its economy.

International Relations

Africa does not flinch before Trump

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
President Donald Trump announced new tariff rates for more than a hundred countries on 2 April 2025 in Washington.

World trade

US tariffs will aggravate economic crises in the Global South

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by Praveen Jha

Energy supply

Zambia supports $ 50 billion funding pledge to expand energy access in Africa

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by Derrick Silimina
Textile workers protest in Dhaka, demanding payment of their wages before the Eid holidays.

Sustainable supply chains

“The law would be gutted before it even came into force”

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by Armin Paasch
by Leon Kirschgens
The international community must bridge differences and continue to invest in the future together. This article is part of a focus section on development finance accompanied by a series of AI-generated images.

International cooperation

In a time of disruption, we still have prospects

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by Achim Steiner
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Where will the world be heading if the economy continues to grow?

Research

Why and how we should question growth

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by Daniele Malerba
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