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Regional blocs

Why it is necessary for ECOWAS to recognise the AES

At the end of January, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) officially lost three of its founding members – Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger – which together accounted for a large part of its total area. ECOWAS should recognise this withdrawal and reestablish diplomatic relations – not least to show that intra-African solutions do not need western condoning.

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by Eric Tevoedjre

06.03.2025

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Financing lives

The largest single donor worldwide has halted its development cooperation: funding for USAID has been frozen for 90 days and is currently under review. These actions by the US president are already costing human lives. The global community must save what it can – and work to close the gaps sensibly.

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

05.03.2025

Climate finance

“Cutting funds won’t save them”

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is an Indigenous Peoples representative at high-level international conferences. She is convinced: If donor countries cut development and climate funding, it is they who will pay the price in the long term.

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by Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim

04.03.2025

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Plastic waste

Malawi’s journey towards a plastic-free future

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by Raphael Mweninguwe

03.03.2025

International cooperation

In a time of disruption, we still have prospects

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by Achim Steiner

by Eva-Maria Verfürth

28.02.2025

Roundtable discussion

“Designing an environment where money drives meaningful change”

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by Helmy Abouleish

by Richard Rugendo

by James Shikwati

by Bruno Wenn

27.02.2025

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Investing in the future

International cooperation

In a time of disruption, we still have prospects

International donors are withdrawing, and nationalism has more momentum than multilateralism. What will the consequences be? A look into the future of development financing with Achim Steiner.

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by Achim Steiner

by Eva-Maria Verfürth

28.02.2025

Conflict

The international community must pay attention to the DRC

The situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is escalating once again. It has the potential to drag the entire region into it. The global community must take a stand, not least because the conflict centres on resources we all rely on.

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by Miriam Ogutu

21.02.2025

International cooperation

The destruction of American development policy

US President Donald Trump had been in office for less than one week when his administration put the work of USAID on ice. The destruction can be slowed, but no longer stopped. What German development policy can do now.

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by Stephan Klingebiel