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'Vaccine privilege' could haunt the West

Cai Nebe

Western countries have ceded influence in Africa due to their selfish COVID-19 vaccine rollout, writes DW's Cai Nebe.

Berlin has promised too much during COVID crisis

Sabine Kinkartz

Amid a long lockdown and vaccine shortages, people in Germany are getting impatient. Politicians are partly to blame.

No more illusions in Myanmar

Rodion Ebbighausen

The military has staged a coup and detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Myanmar's democratic experiment has failed.

China's growing influence

Miodrag Soric

COVID-19 vaccines are scarce in Europe, and China is using that to its advantage, writes DW's Miodrag Soric.

Opinion: Indonesia's unorthodox vaccination strategy

The Indonesian government is hoping economic growth will save lives, says DW's Vidi Legowo-Zipperer.

India's farmers protest must continue despite violent clash

Ankita Mukhopadhyay

The violent confrontation this week should not be used politically to silence protests that stand on legitimate ground.

Why Joe Biden needs to revise the US-Taliban deal

Shamil Shams

The deal gives an unfair edge to the Taliban and revising it would be a wise move, says DW's Shamil Shams.

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Why life feels endlessly gray

Kate Ferguson

An endlessly gray January prompts existential questions about everything from Big Tech to climate change.

Verdict in Lübcke case encourages far right

Hans Pfeifer

The accomplice of the man who killed lawmaker Walter Lübcke got off almost scot-free. This sends the wrong signal.

Germany has lost its pandemic role model status

Rosalia Romaniec

The coronavirus has raged for a year now, and Germany is no longer considered as an example of good pandemic management.

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Europe must share COVID vaccine patents

Barbara Wesel

The EU doesn't have enough vaccine because manufacturers are not fulfilling their contracts. The patents must be shared.

Egypt is synonymous with hopelessness

Farida Layl

Ten years ago, hope and dreams of a better future swept through Cairo. Today there is nothing left.

Opinion: The Bundesliga is out of lives

At the midway point in the season, the Bundesliga title race looks like its over. What to do now Bayern are ahead?

#MeTooInceste — France's blind spot exposed

Luisa von Richthofen

France's conversation about child sexual abuse within the family, usually shrouded in silence, was long overdue.

Tunisia's protests come with a bitter taste

Sarah Mersch

Recent unrest shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who's followed the country's trajectory over the past years.

Stripping Belarus of hockey honor right — if a bit late

Chuck Penfold

Belarus' removal as host of the Ice Hockey World Championship was the only right decision, writes DW's Chuck Penfold.

Navalny's lone fight

Juri Rescheto

Alexei Navalny's return to Russia, while extremely courageous, likely won't advance Russia's opposition.

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Long live democracy

Populists endanger democracy. Increased civic participation could reverse the current trend.

Uganda's strongman president forces his way to victory

Iddi Ssessanga

Uganda's longtime president Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth term in an election marred by unprecedented violence.

The safe choice

Katharina Kroll

By electing Armin Laschet as leader, the Christian Democrats have decided not to change the party Merkel made.

When doctors make the worst patients

Sertan Sanderson

My mother doesn't want to get vaccinated against COVID-19. And she's a medical doctor. Naturally, I feel conflicted.

Don't shut down the economy!

Henrik Böhme

DW's Henrik Böhme argues that it would not be a good idea to shut down factories again as part of a stricter lockdown.

Donald Trump's Twitter ban is no Chinese-style censorship

Rodion Ebbighausen

The schadenfreude in Beijing and among other authoritarian governments about Trump's Twitter ban misses the point.

Uganda's election was a waste of time

Isaac Mugabi

Ugandans have voted but it was another missed opportunity and a waste of time, writes DW's Isaac Mugabi.

Vaccination in Indonesia

As Indonesia starts a mass vaccination program, DW asks people in West Java what they think about it.

Don't mandate vaccinations

Jens Thurau

It's not the right moment to suggest mandatory coronavirus vaccinations for health staff, DW's Jens Thurau writes.

Stop Trump permanently

Ines Pohl

Donald Trump must be prevented from running for office ever again, DW's Ines Pohl writes.

Tesla's rise should cheer green activists

Ashutosh Pandey

The electric car maker's meteoric rise shows that investors are finally smelling the coffee.

Social media: Simply pulling the plug won't work

Manuela Kasper-Claridge

Suspending Donald Trump's social media accounts solves nothing, says DW's Editor-in-Chief Manuela Kasper-Claridge.

Germany's ageism pandemic

Astrid Prange de Oliveira

The pandemic has led to increased stereotyping of older people. A whole swath of society is simply being written off.

Opinion: Schalke must recognise sign of the times

Schalke avoided equaling Tasmania Berlin's record, but the club remains in a sorry state.

Hong Kong and Capitol Hill protests are worlds apart

Philipp Bilsky

China's comparisons between the Capitol Hill protests and those in Hong Kong are absurd.

US law enforcement is a tale of 2 colors

Mimi Mefo Takambou

In Trump's America, white is still right as demonstrated by the lack of police action against the Capitol Hill rioters.

Comparing Washington with Arab unrest is insulting

Aya Ibrahim

Comparisons of the events in Washington with the Arab Spring uprisings are stupid and offensive.

Opinion: Donald Trump's mob rule

Ines Pohl

After the escalation of violence around the US Capitol, the end of Trump's time in power can't come soon enough.

COVID: Get serious, Germany

Sabine Kinkartz

Germany squandered months with half-hearted pandemic measures. That has been deadly, DW's Sabine Kinkartz writes.

Iran's nuclear move is playing with fire

Barbara Wesel

Barbara Wesel says it’s time for Europe to re-examine its policies towards Tehran.

Political reason wins in Riyadh and Doha

Kersten Knipp

Saudi Arabia and Qatar are back on track. Political common sense has prevailed, says Kersten Knipp.

Reprieve for Assange

Matthias von Hein

The overdue ruling not to extradite the WikiLeaks founder does not go far enough in protecting press freedom.

Think about death

Dana Alexandra Scherle

To think about the fragility of existence is to contemplate life — and that can be a source of strength and resilience.

We are close to the point of no return

Inger Andersen

We must make 2021 a year of climate action — or face disaster, UN Environment Programme head Inger Andersen writes.

Manuel Akanji celebrates with Erling Haaland

Opinion: Dortmund win but slow starts will hurt

Manuel Akanji's second half header won Dortmund the game. But they need to break their habit of starting slowly.

More diversity, or cancel culture?

Ines Eisele

DW's Ines Eisele feels that both sides should calm down a bit on the topic of "cancel culture."

The coronavirus is here to stay

Jens Thurau

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has dedicated her New Year's address mostly to the pandemic and its effects on lives.

Peacekeeping needs a new format

Serdar Vardar

Until peacemaking becomes a constant process, the spiral of war and conflict will continue, says DW’s Serdar Vardar.

A victory for Argentinian women

Veronica Marchiaro

The law legalizing abortions in Argentina is a milestone in the country's history, says Veronica Marchiaro.

2020's best TV show is 30 years old

Cristina Burack

"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" got me through the flipped turned upside-down year of 2020.