“As with the fight against climate change, the fight against antibiotic resistance must involve all sectors of society.”

“My mother kept on telling me that I would not be a woman if I was not cut and that no man would marry me.”

“Poor fishermen are the first causality of coastal erosion: they not only lose their homes but they also lose their livelihoods.”

While the new mining code may have ensured the government get more returns, recent developments suggest these will remain in a few select hands, and that deals continue to be made between powerful individuals behind closed doors.

At the start of the year, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime warned the Nigerian government that a growing number of young Nigerians were abusing pharmaceutical substances such as codeine and tramadol.

That is the challenge and the time limit. In this special, we take a glance at the Sustainable Development Goals set out in the 2030 Agenda, and examine, with the help of experts and examples on the ground, the scale of the challenges to be met, the progress made and the obstacles [...]