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Svenja Schulze, Germany’s federal minister for economic cooperation and development.

Food security

New global alliance

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by D+C / E+Z
Villager in a maize crop field damaged by drought in Kenya, March 2022.

Our view

There is no excuse for lacking action anymore

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by Hans Dembowski
Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter.

Twitter

Twitter could become a plutocrat’s toy

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by Charles Martin-Shields
Waste pickers deserve attention – informal landfill near Dakar, Senegal.

Multilateralism

Stemming the tide of plastic waste

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by Rabson Kondowe

Lobbying

Nairobi-based business lobby issues pre-election manifesto

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
Inaugural freight train on Nairobi-Naivasha line in 2019: Kenyan transport links are excellent by African standards.

East Africa

The key to Kenya’s industrial growth

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
A pastoralist stands among goats and sheep that presumably died of exposure to extreme weather in Kenya, 2022.

Informal sector

Social protection for everyone

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by Markus Loewe
Markus Loewe
Natural disasters like this flood in Sudan in 2020 contribute to countries’ over-indebtedness.

National debt

Can debt relief help countries achieve climate goals?

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by Malina Stutz
Drought in Chimanimani in eastern Zimbabwe: The region is severely affected by climate change.

World Risk Index 2021

Small island states and Africa are particularly vulnerable

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by Monika Hellstern
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