According to the World Bank, 41% of the inhabitants of the continent do not exist in law. They have no identity documents issued by state civil offices. A problem affecting human rights, it fuels illegal trafficking and slows the economy. According to Unicef (United Nations…
The long-awaited bridge spanning the Gambia River will open in July. The facility, which is set to revolutionise travel and trade in the region,…
Each day it is criss-crossed by invisible travellers who arrive after placing themselves in the hands of human traffickers, under cover of darkness, crossing…
The unrecognized state of Somaliland is receiving increasingly foreign support partly owed to its stability, its strategic position on the international maritime routes and…
We have travelled for 500 kms in northwest Addis Ababa. First, it was along the road which joins the capital with Bahr Dar, up to Injibara (or Koso Berr). Then, in Injibara we turned straight west in the direction of Sudan. After leaving Chagni behind, the last town of the Amhara Region on that road, there is a…
They live today almost the way they could have lived one or two hundred years ago, and this way differs a lot from that of their neighbours. We look at the main traits of their culture by analyzing the fundamental stages in a person's life: birth, puberty, marriage and death. Birth. It is remarked with horror by neighboring…
Travelling around the Gumuz region we did not see specific place for worship. Of course they have explicit acts of worship, but these are few and not particularly elaborate. They do not require a specific place, specific people to carry them out, special clothes or a precisely set ritual. And yet it would an error to affirm…
Changes go very fast. There are many agents responsible for these changes. The first is the government and its laws and programmes of development, which in a society that had been regulating itself by ancestral traditions, has a tremendous impact. The Gumuz have been living so far on their primitive farming of 'slash and burn', scratching the…
Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) take and practice their faith fervently wherever they…
The Miguel Agustín Pro Juarez Human Rights Centre (Centro ProDH),founded by the…
Rethink the figure of the priest in light of the indigenous experience.…
Pope Francis is going to Madagascar in September. During his stay he…
It is a plant used as a medicine for several therapeutic…
Before planting, Quechua farmers ask Pachamama (mother-earth) for permission. Pachamama is…
From the Maghreb to Southern Africa, a myriad of flavours, aromas…
In a remote village in Buscalan, Tinglayan Kalinga in northern Luzon,…
Energy transition is at the heart of all our efforts to reach the goals set in…
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Not all news relating to climate change is bad. The EU is on track to meet…
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Throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America, there is no dearth of stories where communities have been forced to leave their lands to make way for…
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Once upon a time, there lived a man called John who was a hunter as well as a magician. John had seven dogs and seven large…
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We humans, the species on this planet with the large brains, so-called intelligence and abilities and power to change the face of our planet, are doing…
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