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News & Analysis | March 2023

Japan and the Philippines Closer to Responding to China.

The two countries are preparing to increase cooperation in the military and strategic fields. Both countries share the same concerns about China and have unresolved territorial disputes with Beijing.  For the first time since 1945, the Japanese Air Force participated in the military exercises of…

Dossier

Girls and Young Women. Broken Lives.

The waves break gently on the shore. The crystal-clear water glistens invitingly under the rays of the sun. Eleanor sits on the shore and looks out to sea. Her palms shade her face. Eleanor is twelve years old and she can't wait to be grown up. Some distance from the sea stands her wooden house. It is…

Precocious Marriages. Increasing Due to Crises.

The terrible drought which - for the third year in a row - plagues the Horn of Africa region and the rise in food prices caused by the war in Ukraine, have led to an increase in child marriages in several countries of the region. The alarm was raised by UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, which citing…

How Climate Change Affects Girls and Young Women.

Drought, floods, abnormal heat waves. Today we are faced with a climate crisis that is unprecedented in human history, the consequences of which are there for all to see. It is primarily the inhabitants of the poorest and most vulnerable countries and, more generally, those belonging to the most disadvantaged social groups, especially women, who pay the…

Education for Girls. A Challenge to Learning Poverty.

Despite the extraordinary progress made in the last 25 years, there are still 129 million girls who do not have access to education (32 million in primary, 97 million in secondary). Globally, primary and secondary school enrolment rates are approaching parity (90% male and 89% female). However, the gender gap widens if school completion rates, which are…

Churches

South Sudan. Pope Francis. “We want to give…

To politicians: “It is time to move from words to deeds. It's…

DR Congo. Pope Francis. “Hands off Africa!”

“Africa: it is not a mine to be exploited or a land…

Kenya. ‘Making Our Dreams Come True’.

In northern Kenya, in the Samburu region, many young girls are married…

China. Matteo Ricci: the Dialogue of Friendship with…

The father of the Chinese Church has been declared venerable by Pope…

Culture

Cinema. Irreducible Women.

 In the film ‘Nanny’, Nikyatu Jusu's debut horror explores the dark…

DR Congo. North Kivu. The Word that Sets you Free.

Every Saturday they meet in a modest place where they share…

Uganda. Acholi Marriage. Not before Sunset.

The Acholi people live in Northern Uganda. They have a rich…

Books. Spring Reading.

Three interesting books for this spring. The modern world is built on…

Opinion & Comment

Turkey and the earthquake: what are its implications for the…

Between the night and early afternoon of Monday 6 February, two violent earthquakes struck south-eastern Turkey…

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China: which foreign policy?

The People's Republic of China urgently needs to revive the national economy after GDP growth stopped…

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Advocacy

Yvette Mushigo, Breaking the Silence.

The Congolese activist and jurist Yvette Mushigo is the coordinator of the Synergie des Femmes pour la Paix et la Réconciliation (SPR), a network of…

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Baobab

The qualities of a Tuareg sheikh.

At the foot of the Atlas Mountains, a mountainous massif in the Western Sahara, there was a powerful kingdom ruled by a sheikh as wise as…

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Youth & Mission

Pope Francis to Congolese Youth.

Looking at the hands with which a different future can be built, Pope Francis suggests "five ingredients for the future", like the five fingers. In the stadium…

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