At least 90% of African cultural heritage is currently outside the continent, mainly in European museums. But a recent campaign for the repatriation of African art is helping to make restitution of looted artefacts a reality and finally restore heritage to the African cultures…
Three young African women from different backgrounds recount the story of their social commitment as they become a reference point for many African women. The…
A new American bill is bringing back the cold war in Africa by summoning African states to take their sides in the war against…
She never once bought an ice cream. She never had a day off. She has always worked. But she wants to celebrate her birthday.…
The result of next August’s elections cannot be taken for granted. About 14 million Angolans will be called to choose the president of the republic and their parliamentary representatives for the next five years. It is estimated that at least a fifth of the young voters will go to the polls for the first time; also, citizens living…
The oil industry is at the heart of the Angolan economy. But it benefits only the political business elite; it has a great impact on the environment and reserves will run out by 2050. The Angolan model of economic development – as ‘extractivist’ – based on the exploitation of natural resources, in particular oil, diamonds, phosphates, bauxite…
Since independence, the Church has been somewhat close to the MPLA, although it has always opposed civil war and worked for reconciliation. A turning point in relations between the Church and the MPLA took place in 2015 when protesters who supported the activists of the Angolan Political Prisoner Support Group tried to gather on the square and…
The ‘Good Living’ is an integral way of perceiving and living life:…
Four African Sisters have restored life to a monastery founded in 1931…
The Mediterranean as a meeting place. Brotherhood as a sign of life.…
The Telema Mental Health Centre in Kinshasa is a place where the…
The people of the rain, Ñuu Savi, in the Nahuati language…
The Asheninka live in the central forest of the Ucayali district…
It is an evergreen tree, native to tropical Africa especially West…
On the trail of men and women who dress luxuriously without…
Total world military expenditure increased fractionally in 2021 to reach $2 113 billion, surpassing the $2…
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An unprecedented initiative that provokes contrasting opinions and evaluations. A double standard in migration policy. There have…
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In the Philippines, the missionaries of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) are committing to plant 100,000 seedlings of Bamboo by 2022. With an…
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The Chief of the Sky Gods had many stories to tell. As Spider listened to the stories of the Sky God, he said to his wife,…
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Three Comboni Missionaries talk about their missionary experience. My name is Gédéon Ngunza Mboma from Democratic Republic of Congo. For the last eleven years, as a…
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