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Yearly Archives: 2025

Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari. A Steward of the Marañón River.

The river is sacred to the Kukama people, who believe that their ancestors reside on the river floor.  They are ready to protect the Marañón River.  They won the case in court. For the first time in the country’s history, a river was granted legal personhood, with the right to be free-flowing and free of…

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Cameroon. Improving the quality of life.

In just two decades, the small Dominican health centre in the Mvog-Betsi neighbourhood has become one of the best hospitals in the Cameroonian capital. Founded by a coalition of Dominican women’s congregations to provide health care to the most vulnerable, it now boasts 180 beds and specialized services, including a palliative care unit and a…

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A Wise Grandmother.

Like the other farmers, Taro also grew rice, wheat, and vegetables, living in peace and contentment. However, things never remain the same. One time, there was no rainfall, and the drought-like conditions parched the fields and dried the wells. Gradually, food became very scarce, and they feared the day when there would be no food…

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Far more than just a plot of land.

On November 10, 1995, the Nigerian government executed nine activists from the Ogoni people, the majority of the population of the Niger Delta, for opposing the oil extraction of the Royal Dutch Shell on their land. Among them was Ken Saro-Wiwa, a well-known author and winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize. According to Amnesty International,…

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Africa. The Turkish friend.

President Erdoğan’s country has built a relationship of trust with many African partners, also taking advantage of their growing detachment from the West. Cooperation, investments and defence have done the rest: the Anatolian presence on the continent is increasingly relevant. Libya, Egypt and Somalia, three countries under scrutiny If there is a continent where Turkish…

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Tshisekedi’s businesses.

Widespread corruption, disorganised armed forces, and a system of power based on patronage networks. The portrait of a head of state who, betraying the ideals of his party, is favouring his own community, aggravating ethnic tensions. Since late 2021, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been the scene of growing instability, fuelled by the advance…

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Libya. The Great Ascent.

First with Sadat’s mercenaries, then with drones and economic agreements in the waters of the Mediterranean. Finally, the military support marked a turning point in the defence of Tripoli against General Haftar’s men. And now the future of the country passes through Erdoğan. A ten-year tit-for-tat with the world. This could be the summary of…

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Nuclear: USA and Iran negotiate, but tensions remain.

The Trump administration has reopened dialogue with Iran, despite Israel’s opposition. The conditions set by the parties, however, make an immediate agreement difficult. After many years of geopolitical tension between the US and Iran over the nuclear issue, the US administration has returned to the negotiating table with Tehran. In 2015, Washington and its allies…

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Comboni Youth Jubilee. To live is to hope.

From 24 to 27 July, hundreds of young people from the Comboni youth movements across Europe will gather in Milan, Verona, and Florence, Italy, in preparation for the Youth Jubilee in Rome. Together, they will contemplate the significance of hope in a world that is increasingly adrift. Today, our world is marked by such global…

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Somalia. The Somalian Paradigm.

Among all the African countries, Somalia represents the most evident example of Turkish strategy and pragmatism on the continent. The origin of the relationship between the two countries dates back to 2011, the year in which Erdoğan visited a Mogadishu devastated by famine and war with the Islamist militia al-Shabaab, the only non-African leader to…

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Five Millennials on the way to beatification.

In this Jubilee year, it is not only the adolescent Carlos Acutis or the young Piergiorgio Frassati who will be canonised in the coming weeks or Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, who was beatified last June, but there are many young people who, in their youth, strongly felt the fascination of Jesus and the Gospel.…

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Advocacy

Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari. A Steward of the Marañón…

The river is sacred to the Kukama people, who believe that their ancestors reside on the river floor.  They are ready to protect the Marañón…

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Baobab

A Wise Grandmother.

Like the other farmers, Taro also grew rice, wheat, and vegetables, living in peace and contentment. However, things never remain the same. One time, there was no rainfall,…

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Youth & Mission

Comboni Youth Jubilee. To live is to hope.

From 24 to 27 July, hundreds of young people from the Comboni youth movements across Europe will gather in Milan, Verona, and Florence, Italy, in preparation…

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