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News & Analysis | February 2025

Assad's fall complicates life for Russian mercenaries in Africa.

The fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could weaken Moscow-backed regimes in Africa and beyond, reducing Russian influence on the continent. One consequence would be a further expansion of jihadist activities in the Sahel. The brutal fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria last…

Dossier

The Geopolitics of Wheat. Resources as a weapon.

Since ancient times, food resources have played a decisive role in political dynamics both internally and externally. They constitute a key element on which the development and stability of states depend, as well as, migratory flows and conflicts over the possession and/or use of land and water. These resources can also take on geopolitical connotations and, therefore, influence…

The wheat market.

The price of wheat on the entire global market, like that of other cereals, has always been very low, undergoing little change over the decades. For the 2024 harvest, the prices of bread-making soft wheat stood at around €225/t, thus falling to a level around 8% lower than in 2023, when the product was traded at around…

Major producers.

Due to its particular climatic conditions together with the know-how of European farmers and the means deployed by the CAP for over half a century, the European continent is a particularly favourable place for the cultivation of wheat, to which it allocates approximately 22 Mha, or 10% of the world total. In recent years, European production has…

Towards self-sufficiency.

The Asia-Pacific region is emerging as a key region in the wheat market especially that of flour. This is also due to the change in the diet of its consumers, who have switched from rice to wheat products, and also due to the presence of fewer carbohydrates in this cereal compared to rice. They are now…

Churches

United States. ‘Gun Buyback’ Campaign. No to the…

From pressure on manufacturing companies to parish gun buybacks, parts of the…

The Jubilee Door. A time for re-awakening and…

The jubilee as a time of emancipation and restoration requires including those…

The Philippines. Inspiring Hope through Art.

Brother Christopher Villanueva, a member of the Order of Friars Minor (OFM),…

Cameroon. Hospital reference-point.

Amid conflict in Ambazonia, in the English-speaking part of Cameroon, the Servants…

Culture

Bolivia. The Birth and Growth of Ayoreo Children.

The Ayoreo are an ethnic group living in eastern Bolivia. There…

Herbs & Plants. Cassia alata. An herbal remedy for skin infections.

Commonly known as ringworm bush. This herbaceous plant belongs to the…

African Art. Werewere Liking. The Artist of Memory.

As well as training young talent, she lives his art as…

African culture and Nature.

Nature is seen as a gift from God that helps man…

Opinion & Comment

New Infrastructure Corridors: Ready, Set, Go?

In a rapidly globalizing world, new trade corridors aim to transform global trade, but their success…

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The Climate Crisis: Five Things to Watch Out for in…

The Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil, will be the global focus of efforts to tackle the…

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Advocacy

Nada Fadol. “We are all one soul”.

A recent morning, a group of refugees, mostly men and women from Sudan and Syria, filled the waiting room of a centre run by the…

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Baobab

The Treasure of Friendship.

A man had two sons. Their names were Rafiki and Tambu. One day he decided to teach them a lesson. He called them early in the…

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Youth & Mission

“We young people, on the side of our wounded Lebanon”.

In the country of the cedars, dragged into the Middle Eastern conflict, two thousand Caritas volunteers take care of internally displaced people: more than a million,…

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