Africa

Illustration: Porträt von Cheikh Fall vor einem lila Hintergrund, im Vordergrund eine Faust, die eine Smartphone hält

Senegal: “If I don’t know, I ask – if I know, I share.”

The internet increasingly enables people in Senegal to express their opinions and be part of democracy – this has become clear in digital initiatives such as Sunu 2012 or #FreeSenegal. Senegalese activist Cheikh Fall explains in an interview how important (pan-African) networking is in this context.

By Selly Ba and Maria Kind

Illustration: Porträt von Azeenarh Mohammed, davor eine zur Faust geballte Hand mit einem Smartphone

Nigeria: “Continue to innovate and build alliances”

Interview

The internet can open up spaces for marginalised groups to strengthen their identities, exchange ideas, form communities, and organise themselves. In Nigeria, however, freedom of communication and information is increasingly being restricted. We spoke with queer security expert Azeenarh Mohammed about LGBTIQ rights, risk profiles, and the Twitter blackout.

By Maria Kind

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Asia

The AIIB Fails on Public Access to Information

Background

Starting from October 2021, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will begin using a newly revised but still problematic environmental and social framework. This framework contains the right words and appears to tick all the boxes, but it includes too many loopholes and caveats that undermine early disclosure of environmental and social risks.

By Korinna Horta and Wawa Wang

Arbeiter:innen auf einer Gingkoplantage in China

“Ecological civilisation” and the conservation of biological diversity – a glance at China ahead of CBD COP 15

Interview

The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will kick off in October 2021 in Kunming, China. What is the importance of biodiversity in China and what are the Chinese government's goals for COP 15? Lili Fuhr, Head of the International Environmental Policy Division, spoke with our Beijing Office Director, Paul Kohlenberg.

By Lili Fuhr

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Europe

A white rose on the 9/11 Memorial in New York

Twenty years later, remembering a Tuesday in September

Commentary

Looking back, now with Information Age lenses, 9/11’s aftermath lessons are full of virtues, yet to be capitalized.

By Cora Lewis

Reflecting on 9/11, perspectives from a young American

Commentary

The twentieth anniversary of 9/11 and the United States’ disastrous pullout from Afghanistan has prompted a reckoning. But it’s not a new one.

By Genevieve Glatsky

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Middle East & North Africa

Beirut am 08 09 2020: My Government Did This Graffiti

Lebanon’s Descent Into The Abyss

Commentary

The biggest uprising in the country’s history, a devastating explosion in Beirut a year ago, a global pandemic, and now one of the worst socio-economic crises in the world. In the last two years, Lebanon has been transformed beyond recognition, has unraveled beyond limits.

By Samer Frangie

Bidoon: A Cause and Its Literature Are Born

In a brilliant and personal essay on the history of Bidoon literature, Mona Kareem shows why literature cannot be thought along national lines.

By Mona Kareem

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Latin America

150 years of Germany’s abortion ban ‒ when will the “green tide” wash over to the other side of the Atlantic?

Commentary

The “marea verde” – the “green tide” – has spread across the whole of Latin America. Can it make waves in Germany too?

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North America

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From Berlin around the World

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Events

October

Online event Thursday, 21. October 2021

Official launch of the "Moving Cities" website

October

Online discussion Monday, 25. October 2021

[Save the date] European Mobility Atlas 2021 – European freight transport and green logistics

From the roads to the rails: tackling the shift-to-rail challenge and shaping sustainable urban logistics

October

Online conference Wednesday, 27. October 2021

Visions for a Digital Europe 2025

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Africa

Senegal: “If I don’t know, I ask – if I know, I share.”

Nigeria: “Continue to innovate and build alliances”

Asia

The AIIB Fails on Public Access to Information

“Ecological civilisation” and the conservation of biological diversity – a glance at China ahead of CBD COP 15

Europe

Twenty years later, remembering a Tuesday in September

Reflecting on 9/11, perspectives from a young American

Middle East & North Africa

Lebanon’s Descent Into The Abyss

Bidoon: A Cause and Its Literature Are Born

Latin America

150 years of Germany’s abortion ban ‒ when will the “green tide” wash over to the other side of the Atlantic?

North America

From Berlin around the World

Events

Official launch of the "Moving Cities" website

[Save the date] European Mobility Atlas 2021 – European freight transport and green logistics

Visions for a Digital Europe 2025

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