Global Us: What connects us all

The world's youngest country, central African South Sudan is now regarded as a failed state. A civil war began raging there 2 years after it was founded in 2011. DW accompanies a medical team on bicycles to remote villages there.

From cookies and ice cream to soap and shampoo: every second product in supermarkets contains palm oil. New oil plantations grab land and destroy the environment in e.g. Sierra Leone. But there is a fair and environmentally friendly alternative way.

From cookies and ice cream to soap and shampoo: every second product in supermarkets contains palm oil. New oil plantations grab land and destroy the environment in e.g. Sierra Leone. But there is a fair and environmentally friendly alternative way.

Montenegro's Lake Skadar National Park is one of the Dalmatian pelican's last remaining European habitats. But it's under threat. Tourism and fishing can disturb the nesting birds and conservationists want to limit development of the area.

Hotels in Sri Lanka are usually booked out. The island is a popular with tourists. But many of the accommodations are aging, energy intensive and environmentally unfriendly. The hotel chain Jetwing is now trying to become carbon neutral by 2020.

If present trends continue, around 70% of humanity will live in cities by 2050, even though life in them can be hard and expensive. Rural areas meanwhile are emptying out. In Argentina, a new movement is now trying to bring the city to villages.

Humans and animals live in close proximity in the Serengeti national park. The Frankfurt Zoological Society helps locals set up autonomous protected areas on the edges of the park.

Humans and animals live in close proximity in the Serengeti national park. The Frankfurt Zoological Society supports locals set up autonomous protected areas on the edges of the park.

According to WHO estimates over 663 million people around the world have no access to clean water. This poses a severe health risk, especially to children. In Argentina, two social entrepreneurs are trying to improve the situation.

Kyrgyzstan’s climate is harsh, its food rustic. Like the traditional flatbread called lepyoshka. The slightly sweetened dough is baked for 15 minutes in a clay oven.