The campaign to safeguard the Vjosa River from a surge in hydropower dam projects led to its historic designation as the Vjosa Wild River National Park by the Albanian government in March 2023. The new national park is both Albania and Europe’s first to preserve a wild river. Often called “the Blue Heart of Europe,”…
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Saudi Arabia and Pakistan’s mutual defence pact marks a turning point in Gulf and Asian security: it binds financial and nuclear power, fuels the US–China rivalry, unsettles India and IMEC, and may trigger a wave of new alignments as Israel’s campaigns heighten the regional race for deterrence. The mutual defence pact signed by Saudi Arabia…
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President Sassou-Nguesso has been in power for approximately 40 years. Four decades in which no genuine path of development has been created, but which have served to annihilate the opposition. A few months before the presidential elections, the path seems to be already marked out. With 2026, an election year, the news in Congo continues…
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Brazzaville is allied with China, does not renounce France and, at the same time, cultivates relations with Russia. Due to its geographical position in the heart of Africa and its history as the seat of government of French Equatorial Africa during colonisation, the foreign projection of the Republic of Congo remains one of the most…
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Every year, on October 21, tens of thousands of pilgrims travel to Portobelo, a fishing town in Panama, to pray to the black-skinned, sad-eyed Christ who captivates everyone with his gaze. On October 21, 1658, one of the three legends about the origin of the Cristo Negro de Portobelo began: a ship coming from distant…
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In this missionary month, Bishop Adolfo Zon Pereira of Alto Solimões, Amazonia, Brazil, reflects: “To the chair of Peter, Pope Leo brings the experience of a shepherd with the smell of the sheep, of a missionary who learned to evangelize on his knees, while listening”. In the silence of the peripheries, where the Gospel often…
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It is one of the well-known medicinal plants that originated from the continent of Africa. The plant is commonly known as the Madagascar periwinkle or Vinca rosea. It is a tender, perennial plant that grows as an herb or subshrub, sprawling along the ground or standing erect, reaching approximately one metre in height. Leaves are…
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From a country at war to a hostile one: the testimony of those who live in limbo between discrimination, arbitrary arrests and forced repatriations. Integration is difficult in a society that shows it does not want those who flee from the neighbouring country. “It all started suddenly. The arrival of the war was a shock…
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Islam and animism intertwine around the Great Mosque of Bobo-Dioulasso, the cultural and spiritual heart of the country. Bobo-Dioulasso, in Burkina Faso, is a city of great charm, where the passage of time is marked by the muezzins who call to prayer, but also by the succession of animist ceremonies and the stories of the…
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The Nigerian digital sector was born in an informal economy context and now represents almost a fifth of GDP. An ecosystem with interesting characteristics of decentralisation that, however, is often attempted to be replaced with the model of concentration of investments in California-style technology hubs. Towards a Nigerian model. The roots of Nigeria’s interest in…
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On September 5, Anutin Charnvirakul, leader of the conservative-monarchist Bhumjaithai Party, was appointed Thailand’s 32nd Prime Minister with 311 of 490 votes in parliament, exceeding the required threshold of 247. Chaikasem Nitisri, the candidate for Pheu Thai, the ruling party, received 152 votes, while 27 MPs abstained. Charnvirakul’s appointment followed the Constitutional Court’s conviction of…
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The September uprising against the ban on social media quickly turned into a youth uprising against corruption, nepotism, and lack of prospects. Faced with the crisis, Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigned and Parliament was dissolved. This paved the way for an interim government led by Sushila Karki, charged with preparing for the elections scheduled…
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The campaign to safeguard the Vjosa River from a surge in hydropower dam projects led to its historic designation as the Vjosa Wild River National…
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On that day, an elephant, a mouse, a woman, and a thief appeared before Kalaga, who was seated in court to hear the grievances of his subjects…
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We met some of the young people who had come to Rome for the Youth Jubilee. (July 28 – August 3). The underground, streets, buses, and bars…
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