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Resilience

What’s behind the legendary resilience of young Africans?

When people return from a visit to Africa, you often hear them comment that young people, in particular, seem remarkably happy despite the hardships and poverty they face. Is this really the case? Kenyan clinical psychologist Gladys K. Mwiti examines the factors that contribute to the resilience of African youth, including African cultural values, entrepreneurial spirit, spiritual beliefs and community ties.

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Youth movement

Young Kenyans return to the streets for political change and justice

Because of growing police violence and economic frustrations, Kenya’s Gen Z protest movement is gaining momentum again. They demand accountability, jobs and a more inclusive democracy.

Development policy

Don’t overpromise and underdeliver

The global crisis in development cooperation will not be resolved by making exaggerated promises about what it is capable of achieving. Instead, the focus should be on improving people’s living conditions tangibly. Adding all kinds of secondary objectives often means that none of the goals can realistically be reached. Tightening resources are forcing projects to focus on more specific and narrow objectives.

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In the Digital Monthly Edition 7/2025

Why don’t we talk more about climate change?

Adaptation

Despite disaster, climate action is lacking

Pakistan has been heavily affected by extreme weather events in recent years. Experts urge policymakers to implement existing policies – and lament that Pakistanis have too little interest in climate policy.

Heat

The vicious circle of inattention

South Sudan has had to close schools for the second year in a row as temperatures rose to 45 degrees Celsius. It takes such clearly visible consequences of climate change to make people in this crisis-ridden country aware of the problem.

Reigniting climate action

The one thing that affects us all

The climate crisis continues to devastate communities. And yet it has largely disappeared from global political discourse, while people continue to live their lives as if it were a crisis we could solve with an app. How could this happen?

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