The UN has recognised the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialised chattel enslavement as humanity’s gravest crime. Leading politicians from Africa and the Caribbean made it clear that the next step must be tangible action.

♻️ "Fair" and more resource-efficient smartphones should become the new standard, argues Viktor Schödwell, senior expert in Circular Economy. 💡 He names inspiring examples that show how this can be done. 👉 spkl.io/633257HItV

Russia and China are seeking the capability to disable and eventually destroy Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite network. www.semafor.com/article/07/0...

📆 The deadline set for the SDGs is 2030. But what will happen to them beyond that? 4️⃣ Johannes Kummerow and Jörn Geißelmann from the German development agency GIZ outline four possible scenarios.

⚽🚺 The German sports scientist and football coach Carolin Braun was most likely the first woman ever to be on the coaching staff of a men’s national team – in Botswana. We spoke to her about the experience. 👉 spkl.io/633257Hpu7

🇮🇱 🇩🇪 When justifying its support for Israel, Germany’s Federal Government often speaks of our country’s “special responsibility”. As a new book by law professor Kai Ambos points out, it misunderstands this responsibility.

🇸🇾 There's movement in Syria when it comes to innovation. 👇

🇸🇾 Necessity is the mother of invention: In post-war Syria, start-ups have learned to work around several challenges. 💪 What they have built shows what can be done when it has to be done. ⬇️

💪 Fearless, independent journalism holds power accountable.

Venezuela's earthquake-hit health system is in crisis

💡 Start-ups don’t just have an impact on the economy – some also resolve social problems and step in when the state fails to deliver. It’s time their stories were told, which we do in our July Monthly. 👇 🇬🇧: spkl.io/633297GMD7 🇩🇪: spkl.io/633207GMDC

🇪🇬 Being a journalist in today's Egypt comes with fear and never knowing when the line is crossed, writes an Egyptian journalist who wishes to remain anonymous in D+C. Here's what that means for their everyday life and for their loved ones. 👇

Rare earths, critical minerals? If you've ever wondered about the difference, here you go. 👇

🌐 Where is the World Bank headed in terms of climate finance? Will it stick to its 45% finance target or give in to US pressure? 👇

⚽ Will the Democratic Republic of the Congo make it to the knockouts? We'll know tomorrow after the match against Uzbekistan. 🎉 One thing's for sure, though: Not only the players on the pitch matter. Fans can make football history too. 👇

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🇲🇽 Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's president, took office two years ago. She's one of the few remaining leftwing leaders in the Americas. 👍 And she's still popular in Mexico, with approval ratings of 70% or above. This Guardian long read takes a closer look at her life & politics. 👇

Is the rise of autocracy unstoppable and irreversible? It's not, argues Marius Moniak in D+C. And he has good examples to prove it. 👇

🇪🇬 Egypt waited 92 years for yesterday to happen: The 3-1 win against New Zealand was Egypt's first-ever win at a football World Cup! Did you know the Egyptian fan scene played a part in the downfall of a dictator?💪 ⚽Find out how that happened in our latest D+C issue: spkl.io/61897EKQf

🌍 In East Africa, the debate on energy security is centred on a new regional refinery – when green energy and climate resilience should be a priority. 👉 spkl.io/633257E9v7 @shiundu.bsky.social

🇧🇷 From our most popular articles of late: In Brazil, women can buy pepper spray for self-defence in pharmacies. The fact that such measures are necessary means that the state has failed, writes journalist Thuany Rodrigues ⬇️ www.dandc.eu/en/article/f...

🇸🇾 In post-war Syria, start-ups have learned to work around power outages, low bandwidth and fuel shortages. What they have built is an indication of what form innovation can take when it has no choice but to work ⬇️ www.dandc.eu/en/article/s...

🇱🇧 Exclusive report from Lebanon: A stadium in Beirut is providing shelter for families displaced by the war in southern Lebanon. What is happening there reflects the scale of the country’s humanitarian crisis 👇 www.dandc.eu/en/article/w...

🇰🇪 Kibera Arts District (KAD) is a community-based arts project in one of East Africa’s largest slums. In an interview with D+C, the project's founders talked about an upcoming project: Kenya's first art biennal. 👉 spkl.io/633207DYu0

Everything you need to know about rare earths and other critical minerals – in our new D+C overview 👇 www.dandc.eu/en/article/c...

The whole world is looking for ways out of the energy crisis. Germany, for example, is turning its attention to Latin America, amongst other regions. @idos-research.bsky.social www.dandc.eu/en/article/e...

⚽🇰🇪 From fierce rivals to “in-laws”: The decades-old rivalry between Kenya’s football giants Gor Mahia F.C. and AFC Leopards – long shaped by ethnic belonging – has taken a surprising turn: spkl.io/6332778t6F

🇨🇮⚽Ivory Coast will kick off their fourth World Cup campaign against Ecuador tonight. In 2005, when they qualified for the World Cup for the very first time, history was made beyond football. 👇

🇰🇪 Kenya is home to numerous ethnic groups whose differences and rivalries have often fuelled conflicts. Cultural anthropologist Solomon Waliaula describes how football has helped transform such rivalries into solidarity: spkl.io/6332678sZY

🇲🇦 As one of the hosts of the 2030 FIFA World Cup and also for the Africa Cup of Nations earlier this year, Morocco has been investing heavily in sports infrastructure. Meanwhile, Gen Z is questioning the priorities: spkl.io/6332578sBF

💪This month’s pieces of good news are all about strong women: 🌱The Goldman Environmental Prize was awarded exclusively to female environmental activists ⚽The FIFA recognises the team of Afghan women refugees as Afghanistan's official national team. www.dandc.eu/en/article/t...

🇸🇳 Surrounded by coups, conflict and instability, Senegal shows the potential to serve as a prime example of African sovereignty: spkl.io/6332578pNV

⛏️Countries in the Global South have long supplied the world with commodities without securing sustainable economic benefits – will the critical minerals boom be different? spkl.io/6332378JDH

🇬🇭 When Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama wore a fugu during a state visit to Zambia, someone called it a “blouse”. In fact, it is a cotton top traditionally worn by chiefs and leaders. Ghana responded to the mocking comments online by declaring a “Fugu Friday”. www.dandc.eu/en/article/g...

🔋 If humanity is to move away from fossil fuels there is one product we cannot do without: batteries. 🤝 The Global Battery Alliance wants to make the battery industry more sustainable. 👉 spkl.io/633267BUH8

🔔 China has recently had a job ad go viral. The open position: shepherd. Here's why it went viral. 👇

🇧🇴 Bolivia has enormous lithium reserves. But having reserves does not automatically – and not easily – translate into extracting them, as the case of Bolivia shows. 👉 spkl.io/633227BUBC

♥️ Football is loved around the world. But the international tournaments contribute to human rights abuses, exacerbate climate impacts and increase political tensions. 💪 What could be done better? 👇

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🇲🇼 Death threats or worse: In Malawi, elderly people accused of witchcraft are often met with hostility – despite new laws and growing awareness. 👇

⚽ Football is a ticket for a better life for some, and a lucrative spectacle for others. It has passionate fans everywhere. It divides, it unites. 🔎 What's so special about this particular sport? We tell stories from around the world. Find them here. 👉 spkl.io/633267BG5E

🇧🇷💥 This is the highest figure of femicides in Brazil since the crime was legally classified as such in 2015. It shows that the urgency of tackling violence against women goes far beyond symbolic gestures and formal laws.

🇰🇪 Kenya is home to numerous ethnic groups whose differences and rivalries have often fuelled conflicts. 🤝⚽ Cultural anthropologist Solomon Waliaula examines the sense of brotherhood between two neighbouring communities and the role that football plays in this. 👇 #FIFAWorldCup

In a small cemetery in northern Vietnam, farmers are digging up graves to make way for a $1.5bn golf course and luxury residential project by the Trump Organization and its local partners. Read the full story here: ft.trib.al/HAtLxCh

Guatemala has agreed to carry out joint strikes with the U.S. military inside its territory to target drug trafficking groups, according to three people familiar with the talks, in a further expansion of the Trump administration’s military campaign across Latin America.

🇧🇴 Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni is where some of the planet’s largest known lithium deposits are situated. 💰 The government is quite clear on one thing: the country itself should reap the lion’s share of the profits.

🇧🇷 A law was recently passed in the state of Rio de Janeiro allows the sale of pepper spray in pharmacies specifically as a means of personal protection for women. But that is little consolation. 👉 spkl.io/6332676OhK

The Nigerian artist Malik Afegbua uses AI to preserve the stories of older people and to virtually reconstruct destroyed or inaccessible cultural heritage sites. 👇

🤝 Although FIFA has recently done little to present itself as a credible defender of human rights, it set a precedent in April with a landmark decision. ⚽ By the way, in the next issue of D+C we’ll be looking at the political implications of some impressive stories football has to offer!

AI can save history – or intimidate journalists. The “Daily Maverick” and CNN both report on just how close utopia and dystopia lie. 👇