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Africa

Cameroon. Those ten seconds of humanity.

This is the time necessary, according to Mireille Yoga, director…

01 Mar 2024, Churches March 2024

The Long Journey of Shea Butter.

From the savannahs of Africa to the global cosmetics industry,…

01 Mar 2024, Culture March 2024

The Horn of Africa Unprotected.

A political earthquake in the Middle East with strong repercussions,…

01 Mar 2024, News March 2024

Guinea-Bissau. Getting married.

The Manjak people are an ethnic group living in Guinea-Bissau.…

01 Mar 2024, Culture March 2024

Morocco. The challenge of culture.

Over the last ten years, fourteen museums have been opened.…

01 Mar 2024, Culture March 2024

The Kimberley Process. The stones of conflict.

The West aims to sanction the Kremlin also in the…

01 Mar 2024, News March 2024

Nigeria. At the top of the crime world.

Africa’s most populated country and leading economy boasts the continent’s…

01 Mar 2024, News March 2024

Chad. Restoring Dignity.

In the southern region of Chad, in Bodo, to be…

01 Feb 2024, Churches February 2024

The Catholic Church. Values and Service.

There is a trait that distinguishes the Congolese Episcopal Conference…

01 Feb 2024, Dossier February 2024

Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bleak future.

On 20 January, President Tshisekedi was sworn in for a…

01 Feb 2024, Dossier February 2024

The Paradox of a Country.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, 64 years after its…

01 Feb 2024, Dossier February 2024

Equatorial Guinea - The Mekuyo clown.

The Ndowe people of Equatorial Guinea live along the banks…

01 Feb 2024, Culture February 2024

A Turkish fleet of power stations comes to Africa’s rescue.

Africa has the lowest access to electricity in the world.…

01 Feb 2024, News February 2024

Ghana. The Village of the Children.

‘In My Father's House’, a centre for vulnerable children. A…

01 Feb 2024, Churches February 2024

Madagascar. Water from Baobabs .

In Madagascar, large centuries-old trees become cisterns to cope with…

01 Feb 2024, Culture February 2024

Seeking to control the Northeast.

The thirty-year instability of the mining provinces of North Kivu,…

01 Feb 2024, Dossier February 2024

Sudan. The forgotten catastrophe.

While the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine are attracting most…

01 Feb 2024, News February 2024

Africa. The Drone Market.

South Africa, Nigeria, Algeria, and Egypt produce their own. However,…

01 Feb 2024, News February 2024

Kenya. Preparing Future Entrepreneurs.

The Institute for Social Transformation (IST) in Nairobi is a…

01 Jan 2024, Churches January 2024

The Sahel. The Elegance of Nomads.

For desert shepherds, elegance and grace are antidotes to the…

01 Jan 2024, Culture January 2024

From Rumba to Sapeurs.

Walking around the neighbourhoods of Lemba or Matete in Kinshasa…

01 Jan 2024, Dossier January 2024

Africa. Insecurity and Fear.

If the current dynamics in the security field continue, and…

01 Jan 2024, News January 2024

Kinshasa-Brazzaville: Separated Twins.

The Congo River flows between Kinshasa and Brazzaville. The distance…

01 Jan 2024, Dossier January 2024

Africa. Political forecast 2024.

The ongoing jihadist expansion in the Sahel region and attempts…

01 Jan 2024, News January 2024

Chad. Koupor. Mission of Hope.

In a remote corner of Chad, three missionaries of the…

01 Jan 2024, Churches January 2024

The face of the two cities.

Kinshasa is the capital and largest city of the Democratic…

01 Jan 2024, Dossier January 2024

A Bridge in 2028?

"Ebale ya Congo ezali lopango te, ezali nzela" (The Congo…

01 Jan 2024, Dossier January 2024

Leadership in African Culture. Between Fear and Respect.

African traditional political leaders cover both the temporal and the…

01 Jan 2024, Culture January 2024

Ghana. ‘Dipo’ Puberty Rites: Transitioning into Womanhood.

The Dipo rite is an integral part of the Krobo…

01 Dec 2023, Culture December 2023

Electronic Africa Continues to Evolve.

The way electronic music entered the African scene in the…

01 Dec 2023, Dossier December 2023

Tanzania. Maasai Colours.

Red and black are two of the fundamental colours in…

01 Dec 2023, Culture December 2023

African Music. Creativity and the Internet.

Afrobeats, bongo, amapiano, rumba, and gengetone are genres that are…

01 Dec 2023, Dossier December 2023

Mali. The Mieruba label. ‘Music, our raw material’.

A collective runs a cultural centre and a record company…

01 Dec 2023, Dossier December 2023

The meaning of the sacrifice in the African culture.

Every religion has some form of sacrifice. In fact, sacrifice…

01 Dec 2023, Culture December 2023

Burkina Faso, Mali e Niger: the New Military Alliance in…

The military juntas of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have…

01 Dec 2023, News December 2023

The Pop Music of Nigeria. Afrobeats.

For some years now, the Nigerian and Ghanaian Afrobeats music…

01 Dec 2023, Dossier December 2023

Comoros. The ‘Next Djibouti’ for Beijing.

The World Bank continues to finance the upgrading of the…

01 Dec 2023, News December 2023

The new, Pharaonic Capital of Egypt.

The Cairo metropolis, one of the most populous in the…

01 Dec 2023, News December 2023

The Growth of Fashion in Africa.

If there is a sector in Africa that is giving…

01 Nov 2023, Culture November 2023

Africa. Alternative Energies.

Many African governments continue to focus on fossil fuels. And,…

01 Nov 2023, News November 2023

African Startup, an Expanding Universe.

The projects of young technological entrepreneurs in healthcare, agriculture, the…

01 Nov 2023, News November 2023

Angola. MPLA Party and Family Affairs.

The country's diamond, copper, gold, and manganese mines are in…

01 Nov 2023, News November 2023

Mali. The Art of Painting with Clay.

The Groupe Bogolan Kasobané, from Mali, revolutionized the art scene…

01 Nov 2023, Culture November 2023

Chad. At the Service of the People.

A community of Comboni Missionary Sisters work at St. Joseph's…

01 Nov 2023, Churches November 2023

Mauritius. An African success story.

For many African countries, political independence from the colonial powers…

01 Nov 2023, News November 2023

African Agricultural Growth Poles. A Transformation that Doesn't Exist.

There are now about fifty scattered in thirty countries. They…

01 Oct 2023, Dossier October 2023

The Seeds of Discord.

It is called participatory genetic improvement of seeds, takes place…

01 Oct 2023, Dossier October 2023

Nigeria. The Egungun Cult among the Yoruba People.

The Yoruba people are one of the largest in West…

01 Oct 2023, Culture October 2023

“The Key Is Agroecology”.

The director of the Institute for Research and Promotion of…

01 Oct 2023, Dossier October 2023

Africa. The Great Challenge of Agriculture.

It is mostly farmers who guarantee the production of food,…

01 Oct 2023, Dossier October 2023

Sierra Leone. Moringa Protein and Resistant Coffee.

There is no shortage of water, but floods are increasingly…

01 Oct 2023, Churches October 2023

South Africa. Catholic bishops back miners’ compensation claims for black…

Last August, Southern African bishops filed a class-action suit against…

01 Oct 2023, Churches October 2023

Ethiopia. A country is falling apart.

Less than one year after the war in Tigray, Ethiopia…

01 Oct 2023, News October 2023

Herbs & Plants. Harungana madagascariensis. An edible medicinal plant.

The plant has been used over many years in African…

01 Oct 2023, Culture October 2023

Central African Republic. The Queen of the gold mines.

Zhao Baomei controls the country's gold market. With her IMC,…

01 Oct 2023, News October 2023

Mauritania. Caught in the Nets of the Fishing Mafia.

The fishing tradition goes back a long way in Mauritania.…

01 Sep 2023, News September 2023

Africa. UN Peacekeeping missions in crisis.

Last June, the UN Security Council ended the mandate of…

01 Sep 2023, News September 2023

Towards the 2023 Synod. Synodality, a path of renewal and…

The synod on synodality focuses on the call for interior…

01 Sep 2023, Churches September 2023

Uganda. “Giving our lives to the people of Karamoja”.

For over a hundred years, the Comboni Missionaries have been…

01 Sep 2023, Churches September 2023

Herbs & Plants. Bridelia micrantha. A Robust Medicinal Plant.

It has been identified as one of the few plant…

01 Sep 2023, Culture September 2023

Ghana. ‘Hogbetsotso’, a Festival of the Exodus.

It is one of the indigenous festivals in Ghana celebrated…

01 Sep 2023, Culture September 2023

The Last Rites.

The Asantes perform rituals for their dead kinsmen and loved…

01 Aug 2023, Dossier August 2023

‘Abadinto’. Naming a child among Asantes.

In the Akan societies in Ghana especially among the Asantes,…

01 Aug 2023, Dossier August 2023

Ghana. The Church has a strong voice in Africa.

The challenge of the Pentecostal churches. Young people who only…

01 Aug 2023, Churches August 2023

Asante Traditional Wedding.

The Asantes, have a unique style of marriage ceremony. It…

01 Aug 2023, Dossier August 2023

Chad. Navigating into Political Storms.

The regional ramifications of the clash in Khartoum have important…

01 Aug 2023, News August 2023

Literature. In Memory of Ama Ata Aidoo.

In novels and plays, in politics and in university classrooms.…

01 Aug 2023, Culture August 2023

Ghana. A Journey into Asante’s Cultural Heritage.

The Asante are a group of people who form part…

01 Aug 2023, Dossier August 2023

Africa. Democracy and Human Rights: the EU offers a weak…

Over the last months, democracy and human rights have been…

01 Aug 2023, News August 2023

Zimbabwe. Towards the General Elections.

Years of protests and violent repression. The results of the…

01 Aug 2023, News August 2023

Zimbabwe. "Christians Must Enter Politics".

What the Catholic Church is doing and what role it…

01 Aug 2023, Churches August 2023

Herbs & Plants. Dichrocephala Integrifolia. An Antiviral Plant.

The plant is widely used in traditional medicine to treat…

01 Jul 2023, Culture July 2023

Criminal Networks and Local Allies.

The Latin American cartels, from Bolivians to Mexicans. The Italian…

01 Jul 2023, Dossier July 2023

DR Congo. Lake Kivu. The Explosive Secret.

It is one of the most dangerous basins in the…

01 Jul 2023, News July 2023

Kenya. The Search for Popular Wisdom.

A group of educators, supported by Tangaza University College, have…

01 Jul 2023, News July 2023

African drug routes.

Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda are the main transit…

01 Jul 2023, Dossier July 2023

Ghana. Sacred Golden Stool.

The most important and sacred Asante stool is the ‘Golden…

01 Jul 2023, Culture July 2023

Africa. Sun, Water and Wind. The Riches of the Continent.

Africa's development prospects are increasingly linked to the ecological transition.…

01 Jul 2023, News July 2023

Africa and the Drug Market.

Within an expanding market, the role of Africa is also…

01 Jul 2023, Dossier July 2023

Africa. More Drinking Water from the Sea.

North African countries, in particular, are trying to cope with…

01 Jul 2023, News July 2023

Consumption and national legislation.

After decades of harsh prohibition, several African states have opted…

01 Jul 2023, Dossier July 2023

Kenya. A Social Enterprise, a Comboni Missionary Proposal.

The project has taken its first steps and has a…

01 Jul 2023, Churches July 2023

Nigeria. Osun-Osogbo, the Last Sacred Forest of the Yoruba.

Northeast of Lagos (Nigeria), near the city of Osogbo (also…

01 Jul 2023, Culture July 2023

Egypt. Between Crisis and Ambition.

The country is trying everything to recover from the deep…

01 Jun 2023, News June 2023

Netflix. African Folktales, Reimagined.

It is a series of six short films produced by…

01 Jun 2023, Culture June 2023

Benin. The Artists of Abomey. ‘The Oral Historians’.

Between 1600 and 1900 the city of Abomey was the…

01 Jun 2023, Culture June 2023

DRC - China. The honeymoon is over.

The honeymoon is over between the World’s first cobalt producer,…

01 Jun 2023, News June 2023

A Journey through the Kunama Culture.

The Kunama ethnic group resides mainly in the Gash-Barka region…

01 Jun 2023, Dossier June 2023

Chad. Promoting Integral Health.

At St Michael’s Hospital in Donomanga, Chad, a team of…

01 Jun 2023, Churches June 2023

The Celebration of Marriage.

After the initiation ceremony (Anfura-la) or the passage from adolescence…

01 Jun 2023, Dossier June 2023

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Advocacy

Adriano Karipuna. The Amazon. Protecting our territory.

He has inherited the legacy of his father, one of the few survivors of the genocide half a century ago, and represents a "people" that…

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Baobab

The cat... with a bag.

One day, a penniless farmer from an oasis went to a rich merchant in the neighbouring village to ask for a loan. The old harvest was…

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Youth & Mission

Peace in the Holy Land.

God of Comfort, send your Spirit to encompass all those whose lives are torn apart by violence and death in Israel and Palestine. You are the Advocate of the…

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