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A fighter of the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) stands in front of the Regional Academy of Education building in Kidal, northern Mali, in May. The building was severely damaged during fighting prior to the FLA’s capture of the city.

Conflicts and climate change

“The Sahel states have to make peace with their own peripheries”

In the Sahel, conflicts between governments and terrorist groups are undermining people’s ability to adapt to climate change. States must address the crucial issues of land, security and mobility, says Kamal Donko in a D+C interview.

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by Kamal Donko
by Marius Moniak
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Artwork by Fabeha Monir.

Our view

We are living in a disaster movie

Fires are raging on every continent. Our planet is both drowning in water and withering away due to drought. Surely it must be clear to us all by now that humankind is heading for disaster?

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

Development assistance

Malawi’s health sector has seen good progress – now it’s falling apart

Cuts in foreign aid are forcing clinics to close across Malawi, disrupting HIV care and family planning services. Health experts warn that years of progress could quickly be reversed.

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by Raphael Mweninguwe
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An anti-corruption demonstration in Abuja in 2016. Ten years on, the situation has not improved significantly.

Corruption

Protecting the people who know where the money went

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by Obongodu Paul Unanam
Fabeha Monir.

Artist of the month

Fabeha Monir is an independent photojournalist from Bangladesh

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by D+C / E+Z
On the Pacific island of Pele, in Vanuatu – which is repeatedly affected by climate crises – gravestones from a submerged cemetery have been washed ashore.

Migration

“The key is to invest earlier”

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by Amy Pope
by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
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“D+C” magazine cover (09/2026) titled “How are we going to survive the climate crisis?” showing a woman on cracked, dried ground beside water pots.
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A fighter of the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) stands in front of the Regional Academy of Education building in Kidal, northern Mali, in May. The building was severely damaged during fighting prior to the FLA’s capture of the city.
Conflicts and climate change

“The Sahel states have to make peace with their own peripheries”

In the Sahel, conflicts between governments and terrorist groups are undermining people’s ability to adapt to climate change. States must address the crucial issues of land, security and mobility, says Kamal Donko in a D+C interview.

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by Kamal Donko
by Marius Moniak
Artwork by Fabeha Monir.
Our view

We are living in a disaster movie

Fires are raging on every continent. Our planet is both drowning in water and withering away due to drought. Surely it must be clear to us all by now that humankind is heading for disaster?

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Fabeha Monir.
Artist of the month

Fabeha Monir is an independent photojournalist from Bangladesh

Fabeha Monir is an independent photojournalist based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Two of her artworks are featured in the D+C September issue.

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by D+C / E+Z
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In 2025, Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Reem Alabali Radovan, visited the municipal groundwater source in Amman together with Jihad Al-Mahamid, Secretary-General of Jordan’s Ministry of Water and Irrigation.

International cooperation

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In der Hindukusch-Himalaya-Region schmelzen die Gletscher
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Global environment

Restoring the planet’s environmental health is indispensable

Coal mine in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Decarbonisation

The fossil fuel reality behind the rhetoric of energy transition

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Mining

How Zimbabwe’s gold rush is poisoning water

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Human-wildlife conflicts

Coexistence, not conflict

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Culture Special

Art with a developmental connection - compiled for you by the D+C editorial team.

Scene from the music video for “Maandamano” by Bien and Breeder LW.

Music

Dancing under tear gas

by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Refugees continue to risk their lives in the Mediterranean Sea.

Book

A prayer on the night before fleeing across the sea

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At an event in São Paulo in 2024, women commemorate the abolition of slavery in Brazil in 1888.

Novel

How brave women fight back against oppression

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Kinder auf einem staatlichen Schulhof in Nigeria.
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Education

Around the world, access to education must be made easier and its quality has to improve

Young people are getting their information from platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat and WhatsApp.

Media literacy

How Finland is preparing its citizens for a world swamped by fake news

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Studying abroad

International degrees, national development

by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi

Inclusion

This Malawian invention rewrites the rules for blind students

by Lameck Masina
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Eine Sammlung von Geldscheinen und Münzen.
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Fiscal space

In view of multiple crises, state agencies must stay able to invest in crucial infrastructure and services

People in traditional attire celebrate the Yomari Punhi festival in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu in December.

Nepal and the SDGs

Dreams of economic prosperity and sustainable development

by Rukamanee Maharjan
Further investment in education and health is needed to fully realise the potential of young people in Africa.

Growth

What can help sub-Saharan Africa grow in an inclusive way?

by Aimé Muligo Sindayigaya
A mural on a wall at Punjab University in Lahore depicts the burden placed on the poor to sustain the lifestyle of the elite.

Social sector

Pakistan’s social divide

by Abdur Rehman Cheema
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A woman in Iran is protesting for her rights.
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Gender equality

Empowering women and girls is crucial to achieving gender justice.

A Taliban fighter stands guard as people receive food rations from China in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Afghanistan

Looking the other way is (not) an option

by Selmin Çalışkan
Torchlight procession in Kolkata in August 2025, on the anniversary of the brutal rape of a female doctor in the city.

Gender equality

A city where women need panic buttons is not a safe city

by Roli Mahajan
Women fighting against the terror militia ISIS in Iraq in 2014. The conflict has left both physical and emotional scars.

Empowerment

Supporting traumatised women and girls in Iraq

by Haneen Masoud
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