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Gaming industry
Eyram Tawia
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

The opportunity is right now

A game-design pioneer in Ghana tells about the challenges and constraints of his work

Summer Special
Anke Schwarzer

Tribute to a murdered king

Hamburg MARKK exhibition spotlights the German colonial period in Cameroon

Press freedom
Arjuna Ranawana

Sri Lankan journalists working in fear

Rajapaksa brothers’ long history of suppressing free speech through attacks and intimidation

Online media
Arjuna Ranawana

How Sri Lanka keeps the press muzzled

Sri Lanka’s independent online news outlets face an uphill battle to be heard

Summer Special
Aviva Freudmann

Witch-hunting, then and now

The documentary “The Letter” shows how witch-hunting still haunts modern-day Kenya

Zambia’s elections
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

A fragile democracy

Democracy in Zambia is taking a step backwards under the Lungu administration

Prejudice
Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado

Mexico’s racial divide

Mexico’s ideology of mestizaje, or racial mixing, obscures ingrained racism

Summer Special
Sinikka Dombrowski

A shy girl becomes the face of anti-racist protests

The movie “The Hate U Give” addresses racism in today’s society in an entertaining way

Cyber warfare
Rishikesh Thapa

Strong clout in digital space

The rapid growth of digital technology has a bearing on global power relations

Media
Moutaz Ali

Reality check

A group of Libyan journalists is battling Covid-19 fake news in social media

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts
When qualifications don’t decide your career
Whose development?

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Defending the progress made
Pakistan’s politically assertive women
Consequences of cyclone Freddy
Jobless due to epilepsy
Why ODA is better than its reputation in donor countries

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Chinese funded steel mill displaces locals in Zimbabwe
India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast
From colonial division to bloody conflict
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
Defending the progress made

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Chinese funded steel mill displaces locals in Zimbabwe
India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast
From colonial division to bloody conflict
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
Defending the progress made