The slums surrounding the centre of Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, can be classified by their level of degradation. They are located just a few kilometres from the central shops and street stalls. Dirty roads and houses without drinking water: this is what one…
This year there will be different hotspots in Africa. But two of them will have a deep impact on the security of their regions,…
The return to the constitutional order in three countries hit by military coups, the downsizing of the French military presence in the Sahel and…
On the last 19 November, President Joe Biden created shock and indignation among human rights activists after he signed an executive order to lift…
Azerbaijan is a Caucasian republic located in the south-east, straddling Asia and Europe, in an extremely advantageous position that provided these territories with an opportunity to play a crucial role in the international, economic, and cultural ambit. Watered by the Caspian Sea, to the north it borders Georgia and Russia, to the west Armenia and Turkey, and…
The country is extremely rich in water resources and minerals. The latter have featured largely in its economy. On the contrary, the agricultural sector occupies a secondary position but, despite this, it employs as much as 37% of the workforce, a much higher percentage than the industrial sector which absorbs about 14,3%. These figures show that the…
In 1917, ownership of the region of Karabakh was claimed by the new-born republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan following the Russian revolution that caused the decline of the Empire. This territorial dispute saw the intervention of the victorious powers after the First World War, especially the British who had a sort of protectorate over Transcaucasia. Substantially, they…
In the autumn of 2020, the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan again broke out violently causing the deaths of 2,425 Armenians and 2,783 Azeris. The truce, signed on 9 November through the mediation of Russia and after 44 days of intense fighting, stipulated the transfer of all seven districts occupied by Armenia adjacent to Karabakh to Azerbaijan,…
Tigray, a region of Ethiopia, guards a series of interesting churches, some…
Water is sacred in Andean culture. It is both life and a…
To be a people and to make theology with the people. Living…
Twenty-five years have passed since a small group of Comboni missionaries arrived…
The Ta Oi is an ethnic group living in A Luoi…
It is a medicinal plant used for treatment of a number…
One of the greatest feasts among the Guji - an Oromo…
Andean Chakana is the symbol of the principle of relations with…
The media show us regularly the drama of forced migration. It is characterized by gory images…
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No war, no warming’: slogans on placards at COP26. But what has the peace movement to…
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“A simple reception and some kind of accommodation” are “very different from a process of integration”. A personal experience. In about the year 2000, the U.K.…
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Long ago, Nile Crocodile was in charge of all the water creatures and it was his duty to ensure their well-being. So, one year, when no…
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The EU Commission has adopted the proposal to make 2022 the European Year of Youth. “During the year, the EU Commission, other EU institutions and Member States…
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