Antarctica enjoys an apparent calm, beyond the logic of power that involves the rest of the world. The ambiguous Chinese interest in the continent and the latest Peking decisions seem to have disturbed the Western powers. The Antarctic is one of the few places in…
John Campbell, a Senior fellow for Africa Policy Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, recently wrote a book on Nigeria (“Nigeria and the…
The Tigray conflict has dampened the enthusiasm raised by the Ethiopian Prime Minister and Nobel Prize Abiy Ahmed three years ago. The UN wants…
An interwoven series of criminal gangs, terrorist groups, traffickers of all sorts, networks of illegal commerce, African gold passes through the Emirates. Gold represents…
Far from the reflectors of global strategies and tensions, the small South-East Asian island country seems to be suspended in a reality of wellbeing and peace. But it is really living through profound contradictions and in danger of drifting into fundamentalism as has happened in other nations of southern and South-East Asia provoked, if not motivated,…
With a population that is 70% ethnically Malayan, Brunei has been under the influence of a much more rigid version of Islam as compared with bordering Malaysia and neighbouring Indonesia. The situation leaves little room for religious freedom for other faiths, especially Christianity, of whatever origin, be it Chinese, tribal or immigrant. The problem is that, in the…
Seven years have passed and the real reasons for the introduction of the most severe version (at least on paper) of the Islamic penal code are still unknown, at least in part. From among the various analyses of the question, we may synthesise three points of convergence. The first is that of national identity, closely bound…
A small Catholic population. The seven pastoral priorities. Living under Sharia Law. Cardinal Cornelius Sim, apostolic vicar of Brunei talks about his community. Last November, Pope Francis made mons. Cornelius Sim apostolic vicar of Brunei, a cardinal. “For me, it was a bit of a shock and unexpected”, said mons. Sim. “I think this appointment's significance…
The meaning of the first appointment of a woman under-secretary of the…
In 2021 the Church in the Philippines marks half a millennium of…
Fifty years in India alongside the lepers. Curing their wounds but also…
There have been close to twelve peace agreements but they have failed…
The South African musician and composer was active both in music…
The Warao indigenous people inhabit the states of Bolívar, Monagas, Sucre…
Besides their family names, the Batooro have pet names called empako.…
A martial art that combines dance, self-defence and music, with its…
Nigeria is full of energy, enterprise and dynamism. Like most big states it struggles to create…
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The Niger Delta region of Nigeria is one of the most polluted areas in the world.…
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Climate change is disrupting our world and the temperature has risen one degree centigrade and it will not go back. We have reached a point…
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In the beginning of the world the king called the people together to be given their tasks. He sent out messengers for them. He sent the…
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Myanmar’s democratic transition took an unexpected turn in the early morning of Monday, February 1, 2021, when Senior General Min Aung Hlaing of Myanmar’s military (known…
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