💥 The world's most powerful leaders are trying hard to dismantle international law. 🌍 What does that mean for the world? In our latest issue, we take a look at the bigger picture. Check out the English and German version below: 🇬🇧: spkl.io/60127VRE6 🇩🇪: spkl.io/60137VREB

It's not just in India that women have to choose safer routes and carry pepper spray out of fear of sexual violence. Shouldn't it actually be society that protects them from such attacks? spkl.io/60127kUns

📖 D+C book review: Omer Bartov, an Israeli historian, writes in his book "Israel – What went wrong?" that the country is increasingly becoming an authoritarian state, which is unlikely to escape the downward spiral of violence any time soon. dandc.eu/en/article/omer-bar…

🌱 Selma Bichbich is a young environmental activist from Algeria who has participated in the UN system. ⚖️ In a D+C interview, she explains how the COPs consult the young, how she participated, and what she thinks about the state international law is in. 👇 dandc.eu/en/article/youth-ac…

Numerous NGOs and political decision-makers have questioned the legitimacy of supplying military equipment to regions with high rates of arms diversion, illicit trafficking and misuse in the first place, writes George Livingstone, an independent researcher specialising in cross-border organised crime in sub-Saharan Africa. spkl.io/60167kj40

🇮🇳 This week’s “Nowadays” column from India: Following yet another shocking case of sexual violence in the country, our correspondent Roli Mahajan asks why women have to restrict their freedom when it is actually the perpetrators who should be held accountable. dandc.eu/en/article/nowadays…

⚠️ They pay with their health while earning a living: We tell the stories of two workers in Pakistan's cutlery industry. 👇 dandc.eu/en/article/nowadays…

Drawing on accounts of women-led movements in colonial-era Africa, feminist researcher Ngozi Nwosu-Juba examines in “Africa Is A Country” how the structures and language surrounding the issue of gender-based violence obscure women’s voices and their capacity for action. africasacountry.com/2026/09/…

🇸🇸 What happens when climate crises are just one of many problems in your country? spkl.io/60107kJ3j

🍺As in many countries around the world, alcohol has become an increasingly common part of social life in Nigeria. At the same time, harmful alcohol consumption threatens to undermine progress toward reform in the country’s health care system. dandc.eu/en/article/alcohol-…

Hakainde Hichilema won Zambia’s 2026 presidential election back in August – but for Blessing Vava, this is only the beginning of the debate. In his article for “This is Africa”, he argues that a clear-cut result does not obscure the weaknesses of the electoral process. ⬇️ thisisafrica.me/politics-and…

❌ Humane working conditions? Nope! 🇮🇳 Many of India's food-delivery workers cannot even afford to stop long enough to eat themselves – because of how the system works. 👉 spkl.io/60157kDd1

🔥 In South Sudan, the climate crisis is competing with several others for a place on the country's agenda. ⚠️ That's what makes it extra difficult to prepare for the next climate shock – despite climate awareness. 👇 dandc.eu/en/article/south%20…

The new British Minister for International Development and Africa, Kirsty McNeill, has declared that “the era of development” is over. McNeill describes current issues such as climate change, unemployment and gender-based violence as universal and emphasises that the search for solutions requires a shift in thinking. 👇 devex.com/news/why-the-new-u…

💥 Numerous NGOs and political decision-makers have questioned the legitimacy of supplying military equipment – much of which is lethal – to regions with high rates of arms diversion, illicit trafficking and misuse. 👉 spkl.io/60147kDwp

How to recover from having been a theatre of war? Sudan's capital is taking small steps. Or rather: Its people are. With grassroots book fairs and cycling clubs they're reviving daily life in the streets. 👇 dandc.eu/en/article/khartoum…

🌍 The resolution, introduced by Togo and other member states of the African Union, is aimed in particular at depicting the size of the African continent more accurately. 💌 For more good news, sign up for our newsletter here. 👉 spkl.io/60177XhMl

🇲🇽 In Mexico, drugs are produced and exported, but also consumed to a worrying extent. 💰 According to an expert, fentanyl is currently the most financially lucrative drug for the cartels. 👇 dandc.eu/en/article/mexico-s…

🇸🇸 For many people in South Sudan, climate change means flooded homes, crop failures, dying livestock, closed schools and the search for water and grazing land. But the climate crisis is far from being permanently at the top of the list of the country’s most pressing problems. spkl.io/60187X0oA

⚖️ Despite all the attacks against it, international law has proved to be remarkably resilient. Here's why international law is not a naive illusion. 👇 dandc.eu/en/article/internat…