It’s high time to show a new side of Africa! When it comes to this continent, there is more to discuss than what tends to dominate the headlines – hardship, corruption and war. This issue primarily focuses on the potential of its talented young people. Read, for example, about impressive people working toward peace and the resolving of conflicts, or learn why an African Robert Bosch Academy fellow considers development aid a mistake.

• New generation: The Next Einstein Forum is bringing young scientists from the continent together
• Reconciliation in Rwanda: Where the victims and perpetrators of the genocide live as neighbors
• Please don’t help?: Putting development cooperation to the test