🇵🇪 Seven different presidents in the past ten years! Still, Peru has been the South American country that has made the most SDG progress in that time. But there are challenges. ▶️ spkl.io/63329AFhJL

🚹 Patriarchy has severe downsides for men too – privileges aside for once. So fighting patriarchy can be in men's self-interest. 👇

🤔 Pick your currency: automation/speed or accuracy/credibility? Sometimes choosing one compromises the other.

"The US and Israel should have first exhausted all means of diplomacy and non-military sanctions before using military force," writes Kai Ambos about the Iran war.

Building cities from scratch is often vainglorious folly. But if Egypt’s New Capital is successful it will transform desert sand into valuable real estate and attract millions of residents

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

🇰🇪 Kakuma is one of the world’s largest refugee camps located in Kenya. ⚠️ It's in a worsening humanitarian crisis because of the cuts to international aid funding. 👉 spkl.io/63326AFlLo

Now in its fifth week, the third Gulf war has already gone on longer than Donald Trump predicted at the start. Some are now even talking of America deploying thousands of troops on the ground to seize Iranian territory

🤝 Humankind now has a helper in the fight against plastic pollution and other kinds of litter.

💪 Jobs may be scarce in Somalia, but Somali women are not waiting. They are building their own.

Only one example for the racism and arrogance of European colonisers. 👇

🤝 They named it "the Humanitarian Reset": Learn here what the UN plans for humanitarian action in times of dwindling funds. 👇

The last 11 years have been the hottest years ever recorded. Earth’s energy imbalance has reached its highest than at any time in observed history, with heat reaching deeper into the ocean. This is the Global #StateOfClimate 2025. 📰 Press release: https://bit.ly/4ds4r2V #WorldMetDay

Soldiership instead of school attendance: For many kids in Sudan that's a bitter reality. The number below refers only to the estimated percentage of kids not attending school. 👉 spkl.io/63322A0rfm

Marco Rubio’s speech at the Munich Security Conference is still fresh in people’s minds – not least because it struck a tone reminiscent of “the good old days,” only with empire. This is the point made by Patrick Gathara in his Al Jazeera comment: www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

🇻🇪 Pro-democratic civil society actors in Venezuela deserve more support, argues researcher and digital rights advocate Laura Vidal. www.dandc.eu/en/article/v...

☁️ 🩸 The two pieces of good news this month are about harnessing solar energy even on cloudy days and additional two paid days off for female employees experiencing menstrual pain. www.dandc.eu/en/article/t...

Female sex workers in India face poverty, abuse and social exclusion. Drawing on her fieldwork in red-light districts, the political scientist and gender studies scholar Khushboo Srivastava writes about the complex realities of sex work ⬇️

😲 Almost 12 million people have been forced to flee since the outbreak of the war in Sudan three years ago. Many fled to neighboring Chad. 👀 D+C's Dr. Katharina Wilhelm Otieno was in Chad in January to see for herself. Find her full eyewitness report here. 👉 spkl.io/6186ALVeq

Trump hints at possible ‘deal’ with Cuba after regime change threats www.semafor.com/article/03/1...

🌍 Africa’s cities are growing fast, and so is the need for inclusive, community-driven innovation. 💪 Residents of informal settlements are already developing practical solutions to the challenges they face.

🤔 To anyone from the Global North: When have you last heard about the so-called Global South in the media? Many important aspects aren't being reported on at all. 👉 spkl.io/63323AItU7

🚹 Patriarchy has its dark downsides for men too – privileges aside for once. So in some way, fighting patriarchy can be in men's self-interest. 👇

💌 Good news: There's menstrual leave for women in Nairobi's County Government now. For more good news, sign up for our newsletter! 👉 spkl.io/63328AIe6G 💡 Learn more about the menstrual leave in our latest newsletter. 👉 spkl.io/63329AIe6H

“When disinformation is constant, the everyday cost of knowing what’s going on rises. People spend more time verifying the basics, or they stop trying."

💥 Since the outbreak of the war in Sudan, many have sought refuge in Chad. D+C's Katharina Wilhelm Otieno visited Chad. The quote is an observation she made on the drive to the border city of Adré. Read her full report here. 👉 spkl.io/63325AIHUX

Peruvian state responsible for mother’s death in forced sterilisation, court rules

Looking the other way is (not) an option. 👉 spkl.io/63324AxYZ4

President Trump is trying to get his will in several ways in Latin America. André de Mello e Souza had a look at how countries in the region reacted so far. There's one country that has not made any major concessions. 👇

"Aid cuts" may sound abstract, but what they mean is less clean water, less food, fewer doctors, less housing, etc., for the people who need all of these things most urgently. So what remains of humanitarian aid? 👇 🇬🇧: spkl.io/63322AxcuQ 🇩🇪: spkl.io/63323Axcuv

The influx of refugees from Sudan brought a number of international aid organisations to eastern Chad. With them came hospitals, schools and markets – but also conflicts over scarce resources. 👇

¡Felicidades! Congratulations, #Chile for becoming the first country in the Americas, and the second globally, to eliminate #leprosy disease. A true milestone for public health! And a testament to what leadership, science, and solidarity can accomplish. Read more 🔗 bit.ly/4b3Hpga

What is the situation in Chad like for people who have fled there from Sudan? D+C editor Katharina Wilhelm Otieno went there to see for herself. This is her eyewitness report. 👇

South Africa’s green transition is creating new jobs, yet many remain excluded as unemployment, especially among youth, stays stubbornly high. 🌱 theconversation.com/south-africa... #BusinessAndEconomy

The resilience of young Africans is somewhat legendary. What is there to it? We asked Kenyan clinical psychologist Gladys K. Mwiti. 👇

They call it the "miracle of Medellín": cable cars reaching the city’s margins, green corridors designed to cool the streets – Medellín is full of ideas for improving urban life. But how transformative have the much-praised projects actually been? See for yourself! 👉 spkl.io/6047AvgRR

Extreme weather conditions that stoke wildfires around the world are happening on more days each year, causing fire seasons in different regions to overlap more, a new study found. The simultaneous emergencies could stop countries from sharing ground crews and equipment.

Do you feel safe moving around your city? For many women, feeling safe is not a given. 👉 spkl.io/63329AaJYZ

Residents of the Kakuma camp face an impossible choice: 👉 either endure worsening hardship in the camp 👉 or risk their lives by returning to their conflict-torn home countries. We describe what's going on there, and quote some voices from the camp.

The killing of cartel kingpin Nemesio 'El Mencho' Oseguera should relieve pressure from Donald Trump. But Sheinbaum's move has also created political and security hazards at home. ft.trib.al/jfKLYXo

📱 From crowd-mapping data to AI surveillance, technology-based security tools are on the rise in Indian cities. But real change depends on something else. 👉 spkl.io/63328Av9r8

What do you get when you answer a Telegram job ad for an “IT job in Asia”? If you’re unlucky: a one-way ticket to forced scamming for an international cybercrime syndicate. 👇

Debates can heat up quickly and become very unconstructive. In many countries, the migration debate is one such example. 👉 spkl.io/63320AvyUj

By placing Kwame Nkrumah at the center of a global Black political network, @hofrench.bsky.social reveals how the promise of pan-African emancipation was narrowed—and what its failure still costs Africa and the diaspora. africasacountry.com/2026/02/a-wo...

The Global South hardly figures at all in leading media reports. Or it is often reduced to negative narratives. That needs to change, say Ladislaus Ludescher and many others. 👉 spkl.io/63325AQ4pB

Free movement in West Africa is under threat as Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso’s exit from Ecowas begins to reshape regional travel. 🌍 theconversation.com/ecowas-witho... #Politics

🤝 There's "the mother of all deals" with India, there's #Mercosur – why isn't there a similarly bold, future-oriented agreement between Europe and Africa? #AUSummit2026 #Agenda2063

Without rapid cuts to fossil fuels and a shift to clean energy, climate change could drive over a billion into hunger by 2100, hitting Africa hard. theconversation.com/climate-chan... #Climate

🌇 Of the billion people by which Africa’s population is projected to grow by 2050, 80 % will live in cities. Urbanisation comes with challenges but also opportunities – our authors discuss both in the current D+C Digital Monthly on liveable cities: spkl.io/63324AtY0k

🇳🇬 Nigeria’s largest city suffers from severe air pollution. Olamide Udoma-Ejorh and Waziri Mainasara highlight the crucial role of citizen-led data in tackling the problem. ▶️spkl.io/63325AtOCl