The Muslim religion is the unifying feature of Mauritanian culture…
01 May 2024, Dossier May 2024
The presidential elections, scheduled for June 22, constitute a test…
01 May 2024, Dossier May 2024
The Sisters who belong to the Slaves of the Divine…
01 May 2024, Churches May 2024
This infrastructure will change the trade routes of Southern Africa.…
01 May 2024, News May 2024
In recent years the inhabitants of this northern city have…
01 May 2024, Culture May 2024
The two ethnic groups of the Agni-Baulé in Ivory Coast…
01 May 2024, Culture May 2024
Nouakchott has not suffered large-scale attacks for 12 years. There…
01 May 2024, Dossier May 2024
The marriage of the Kabaka of Buganda renews his royal…
01 May 2024, Culture May 2024
The country is closely watching the ongoing tensions in the…
01 May 2024, News May 2024
The government is focusing on green hydrogen to diversify the…
01 May 2024, Dossier May 2024
Kidnapping for ransom has long become a real industry in…
01 Apr 2024, Churches April 2024
In the shade of the pyramids and minarets of Cairo,…
01 Apr 2024, Culture April 2024
Recycled material reigns supreme in Nike's modern art galleries in…
01 Apr 2024, Culture April 2024
Although colonization contributed to its urban development, Africa had already…
01 Apr 2024, Culture April 2024
Thirty years after Nelson Mandela’s election, South Africa will hold…
01 Apr 2024, News April 2024
This is the time necessary, according to Mireille Yoga, director…
01 Mar 2024, Churches March 2024
From the savannahs of Africa to the global cosmetics industry,…
01 Mar 2024, Culture March 2024
A political earthquake in the Middle East with strong repercussions,…
01 Mar 2024, News March 2024
The Manjak people are an ethnic group living in Guinea-Bissau.…
01 Mar 2024, Culture March 2024
Over the last ten years, fourteen museums have been opened.…
01 Mar 2024, Culture March 2024
The West aims to sanction the Kremlin also in the…
01 Mar 2024, News March 2024
Africa’s most populated country and leading economy boasts the continent’s…
01 Mar 2024, News March 2024
In the southern region of Chad, in Bodo, to be…
01 Feb 2024, Churches February 2024
There is a trait that distinguishes the Congolese Episcopal Conference…
01 Feb 2024, Dossier February 2024
On 20 January, President Tshisekedi was sworn in for a…
01 Feb 2024, Dossier February 2024
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, 64 years after its…
01 Feb 2024, Dossier February 2024
The Ndowe people of Equatorial Guinea live along the banks…
01 Feb 2024, Culture February 2024
Africa has the lowest access to electricity in the world.…
01 Feb 2024, News February 2024
‘In My Father's House’, a centre for vulnerable children. A…
01 Feb 2024, Churches February 2024
In Madagascar, large centuries-old trees become cisterns to cope with…
01 Feb 2024, Culture February 2024
The thirty-year instability of the mining provinces of North Kivu,…
01 Feb 2024, Dossier February 2024
While the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine are attracting most…
01 Feb 2024, News February 2024
South Africa, Nigeria, Algeria, and Egypt produce their own. However,…
01 Feb 2024, News February 2024
The Institute for Social Transformation (IST) in Nairobi is a…
01 Jan 2024, Churches January 2024
For desert shepherds, elegance and grace are antidotes to the…
01 Jan 2024, Culture January 2024
Walking around the neighbourhoods of Lemba or Matete in Kinshasa…
01 Jan 2024, Dossier January 2024
If the current dynamics in the security field continue, and…
01 Jan 2024, News January 2024
The Congo River flows between Kinshasa and Brazzaville. The distance…
01 Jan 2024, Dossier January 2024
The ongoing jihadist expansion in the Sahel region and attempts…
01 Jan 2024, News January 2024
In a remote corner of Chad, three missionaries of the…
01 Jan 2024, Churches January 2024
Kinshasa is the capital and largest city of the Democratic…
01 Jan 2024, Dossier January 2024
"Ebale ya Congo ezali lopango te, ezali nzela" (The Congo…
01 Jan 2024, Dossier January 2024
African traditional political leaders cover both the temporal and the…
01 Jan 2024, Culture January 2024
The Dipo rite is an integral part of the Krobo…
01 Dec 2023, Culture December 2023
The way electronic music entered the African scene in the…
01 Dec 2023, Dossier December 2023
Red and black are two of the fundamental colours in…
01 Dec 2023, Culture December 2023
Afrobeats, bongo, amapiano, rumba, and gengetone are genres that are…
01 Dec 2023, Dossier December 2023
A collective runs a cultural centre and a record company…
01 Dec 2023, Dossier December 2023
Every religion has some form of sacrifice. In fact, sacrifice…
01 Dec 2023, Culture December 2023
The military juntas of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have…
01 Dec 2023, News December 2023
For some years now, the Nigerian and Ghanaian Afrobeats music…
01 Dec 2023, Dossier December 2023
The World Bank continues to finance the upgrading of the…
01 Dec 2023, News December 2023
The Cairo metropolis, one of the most populous in the…
01 Dec 2023, News December 2023
If there is a sector in Africa that is giving…
01 Nov 2023, Culture November 2023
Many African governments continue to focus on fossil fuels. And,…
01 Nov 2023, News November 2023
The projects of young technological entrepreneurs in healthcare, agriculture, the…
01 Nov 2023, News November 2023
The country's diamond, copper, gold, and manganese mines are in…
01 Nov 2023, News November 2023
The Groupe Bogolan Kasobané, from Mali, revolutionized the art scene…
01 Nov 2023, Culture November 2023
A community of Comboni Missionary Sisters work at St. Joseph's…
01 Nov 2023, Churches November 2023
For many African countries, political independence from the colonial powers…
01 Nov 2023, News November 2023
There are now about fifty scattered in thirty countries. They…
01 Oct 2023, Dossier October 2023
It is called participatory genetic improvement of seeds, takes place…
01 Oct 2023, Dossier October 2023
The Yoruba people are one of the largest in West…
01 Oct 2023, Culture October 2023
The director of the Institute for Research and Promotion of…
01 Oct 2023, Dossier October 2023
It is mostly farmers who guarantee the production of food,…
01 Oct 2023, Dossier October 2023
There is no shortage of water, but floods are increasingly…
01 Oct 2023, Churches October 2023
Last August, Southern African bishops filed a class-action suit against…
01 Oct 2023, Churches October 2023
Less than one year after the war in Tigray, Ethiopia…
01 Oct 2023, News October 2023
The plant has been used over many years in African…
01 Oct 2023, Culture October 2023
Zhao Baomei controls the country's gold market. With her IMC,…
01 Oct 2023, News October 2023
The fishing tradition goes back a long way in Mauritania.…
01 Sep 2023, News September 2023
Last June, the UN Security Council ended the mandate of…
01 Sep 2023, News September 2023
The synod on synodality focuses on the call for interior…
01 Sep 2023, Churches September 2023
For over a hundred years, the Comboni Missionaries have been…
01 Sep 2023, Churches September 2023
It has been identified as one of the few plant…
01 Sep 2023, Culture September 2023
It is one of the indigenous festivals in Ghana celebrated…
01 Sep 2023, Culture September 2023
The Asantes perform rituals for their dead kinsmen and loved…
01 Aug 2023, Dossier August 2023
In the Akan societies in Ghana especially among the Asantes,…
01 Aug 2023, Dossier August 2023
The challenge of the Pentecostal churches. Young people who only…
01 Aug 2023, Churches August 2023
The Asantes, have a unique style of marriage ceremony. It…
01 Aug 2023, Dossier August 2023
The regional ramifications of the clash in Khartoum have important…
01 Aug 2023, News August 2023
In novels and plays, in politics and in university classrooms.…
01 Aug 2023, Culture August 2023
The Asante are a group of people who form part…
01 Aug 2023, Dossier August 2023
Over the last months, democracy and human rights have been…
01 Aug 2023, News August 2023
Years of protests and violent repression. The results of the…
01 Aug 2023, News August 2023
What the Catholic Church is doing and what role it…
01 Aug 2023, Churches August 2023
The plant is widely used in traditional medicine to treat…
01 Jul 2023, Culture July 2023
The Latin American cartels, from Bolivians to Mexicans. The Italian…
01 Jul 2023, Dossier July 2023
It is one of the most dangerous basins in the…
01 Jul 2023, News July 2023
A group of educators, supported by Tangaza University College, have…
01 Jul 2023, News July 2023
Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda are the main transit countries for heroin. West Africa, that of cocaine. Morocco is the kingdom of cannabis. The African continent has experienced significant increases in drug trafficking in recent…
The most important and sacred Asante stool is the ‘Golden Stool’. It represents the authority of the Asantehene (king), enshrines the soul of the nation, and symbolizes the kingdom’s unity. Among the Asante and other Akan…
Africa's development prospects are increasingly linked to the ecological transition. Solar, wind and green hydrogen could help boost economic growth and generate wealth and jobs. Sun, water, wind. These are the essential elements for the production…
Within an expanding market, the role of Africa is also becoming increasingly important. Not only as a place of transit but also for consumption. Cocaine in West Africa, cannabis in the North, heroin in the…
North African countries, in particular, are trying to cope with water shortages with new desalination plants. However, they risk having a serious impact on marine ecosystems and fishing activities. The worsening water emergency is one of…
After decades of harsh prohibition, several African states have opted for policies that tend to liberalize or decriminalize the use of narcotic substances, especially those considered light. Drug use is on the rise across the continent,…
The project has taken its first steps and has a triple objective: to enhance local potential, finance missionary activities, and open new pastoral spaces. In the African context, a new experience of social enterprises is also…
Northeast of Lagos (Nigeria), near the city of Osogbo (also spelled Oshogbo), the last sacred forest of the Yoruba culture resists the advance of time and ‘civilization’. We are talking about Osun-Osogbo, a suggestive place,…
The country is trying everything to recover from the deep economic crisis deriving, first, from the Covid-19 pandemic, then from the continuation of the Russian-Ukrainian war, and is also trying to strengthen its international relations. The…
It is a series of six short films produced by Netflix made by young directors of the Continent. The project, supported by UNESCO, aims to enhance African cultural wealth. The young African cinema grows and develops…
Between 1600 and 1900 the city of Abomey was the pride of the kingdom of Dahomey (today's Benin). Court art developed there, in which genius, talent, and inspiration served above all to exalt the figure…
The honeymoon is over between the World’s first cobalt producer, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the main consumer and producer of batteries for electric vehicles, China. The terms of the existing infrastructure-for-minerals deals may…
The Kunama ethnic group resides mainly in the Gash-Barka region of Eritrea, between the Gash and Setit rivers, in the western and north-western regions of Tigray and in small areas of Sudan. There are an…
At St Michael’s Hospital in Donomanga, Chad, a team of health professionals, co-ordinated by the Mexican Comboni Missionary Brother and medical doctor, Juan Carlos Salgado, does everything possible to ensure that patients are treated with…
After the initiation ceremony (Anfura-la) or the passage from adolescence to youth, the young Kunama sets out to find a girl to marry. This phase is also marked by some rites, such as that of…
When the Kunama are asked: ‘Ayshila mekobino?’, they reply: ‘Ánnala'la makobinke’ (we believe in God). The word ‘Anna’ (God) comes from the word ‘Annena’ (in Kunama it means creator). The Kunama believe in Anna (God) who…
The life of the Kunama, from birth to old age – and even after death, is a tapestry of traditional rites and ceremonies handed down from the ancient fathers (ande) and scrupulously observed. The first of…
An initiative of the Huruma Self-Help Group, it makes credit accessible to that segment of the population excluded from formal economic circuits. It all started in the Christian communities of Kariobangi, a suburb of Nairobi. In…
The political instability seen before, the ethnic tensions both in the country and in the region, the collapse of the institutions in some of the neighbouring countries (first Mali then Burkina Faso) and other factors…
Competing for the continent are the French Groupe Castel and the Dutch Heineken. An informal economy strongly rooted not only in the villages but also in the big cities, slow and insufficiently extensive distribution channels for…
In the eastern regions of the country, strong presence of Wagner paramilitaries, arms traffickers, and former soldiers of the Foreign Legion. Former soldiers of the Soviet Armed Forces, veterans of the French Foreign Legion, businessmen engaged in…
The revelation that 2.5 tonnes of uranium were missing from a warehouse in Southern Libya, by the International Atomic Energy Agency provides one more example of the damaging consequences of the 2011 attack by NATO…
The upcoming World Synod of Bishops and its preparations in synodal processes around the world show how the signs of the times challenge the Church today in the light of the Gospel. We can no…
A leading country in West Africa, Ivory Coast has weaknesses that could not only block economic development but also lead to turmoil. The consequences of two civil wars fought in the past decades are still…
Ingoma Nshya is the country's first female percussion troupe. Reconciliation, healing and peace are part of the group journey. We went to meet them. About 125 kilometres south of Kigali, and after an endless sequence of hills,…
The extraction and export of fossil deposits from the Mozambican province has grown in recent years. The benefits go into the pockets of Indian and Maputo companies. The local population not only does not see…
The wounds caused by the two civil wars are still open since they have not yet been healed. The politicians, the soldiers and the militias that committed crimes against the population for the most part have…
He received the appointment as auxiliary bishop with "fear and trembling". But with a great desire to serve the church. We spoke about it with the Combonian Msgr. António Manuel Bogaio Constantino was recently consecrated…
The prolonged phase of unrest reduced the influence of Ivory Coast on the international scene. During the Houphouet-Boigny era the Ivorian president was a powerbroker in the region. He was considered a pillar of Francafrique, the…
Fantasy and imagination but above all, ingenuity. 200 apprentices from different walks of life train their hands to demonstrate that magic ‘makes the impossible, possible’. It is difficult to escape illusion and optimism when you…
This April, Rwanda commemorates the 29th anniversary of the genocide. The bitter fruit of the ethnic division between Hutu, Tutsi and Twa has distant roots. Father Marcel Uwineza, a Rwandan Jesuit reflects on those tragic…
By mid-February of this year, an investigation team of journalists from 30 outlets, including the London Guardian, The Washington Post, Le Monde and the Israeli daily Haaretz, under the supervision of the French-based non-profit Forbidden…
It is commonly referred to as velvet bush willow and is a medium-sized evergreen deciduous tree with a larger, straight trunk, rough bark, and dense crown. Combretum molle has been used in traditional medicine since…
It is the most important event celebrated by the Chiefs and people of Ashanti in the central part of Ghana. We attend the celebration. It is a magnificent celebration centred on ancestral reverence, remembrance and acknowledgment…
Australians and Chinese are investing in a project that could soon make the Sahelian country the third-largest producer of the metal in the world. An area of 100 km² located in the district of Bougouni, in the…
Climatic conditions make agricultural work in the Sahel more and more difficult. One of the countries most affected by this reality is Niger, where a large majority of farmers work in precarious conditions. Many initiatives…
In northern Kenya, in the Samburu region, many young girls are married off to adult men at an early age against their will. A Centre run by nuns welcomes them to give them dignity and a possible…
The Acholi people live in Northern Uganda. They have a rich and diverse cultural heritage. Most of it is expressed in a wide variety of rites, dance, and music. We look at Acholi traditional marriage. Marriage…
“Africa: it is not a mine to be exploited or a land to be plundered”, says Pope Francis. And he invites the church to be close to the people with compassion, consolation and reconciliation. No…
Three African women speak of their social commitment. Kenyan Catherine Ngila is one of the most prestigious scientists on the African continent. In 2016 she was named South Africa's best scientist and in 2021 she…
The sale of the logistics segment to the Mediterranean Shipping Company of the Italian-Swiss shipowner Gianluigi Aponte opens up new scenarios. The Bolloré dynasty looks to communication, agriculture and energy. The change had been in the…
The country is embarking on a vast Cybercity project and on the promotion of digital technology. The downside of it is that this technology is used to build a surveillance state. Zimbabwe is entering the…
Every Saturday they meet in a modest place where they share their creations and subject themselves to criticism from others. They learn to express feelings, reality or their outlook on life while improving their pronunciation, bodily…
To politicians: “It is time to move from words to deeds. It's time to move on, it's time to commit to an urgent and necessary transformation". To refugees: “You are the seed of a new…
The presence of American soldiers on the field is still strategic. General Michael Langley, the new commander of Africom, has the task of forging military pacts with many African countries and of facing new threats:…
Sewing and fabrics speak of Ghana, not only for the millions of dollars that the sector generates every year but also for how deeply this tradition is rooted in every corner of the country. Cities…
The wealth generated by the abundance of water has not prevented the increasingly vulnerable country from suffering for decades from land degradation. The government, civil society, and rural communities, with the technical and financial support…
It is one of the most popular and unique dance styles practiced in Ghana. It belongs to an ethnic group called ‘Ashanti’, which is a part of the Akan community group. The Adowa dance relates to…
São Tomé and Príncipe, a former Portuguese colony, is among the smallest independent states in the world. It is composed of an archipelago located off the Atlantic coast of the African continent, opposite the Gulf of…
The economy of São Tomè and Princìpe is poor. The main resources are linked to the tourism, fishing, and cocoa sectors, with most of the population working in public services and agricultural and subsistence activities. The succession…
The country has the ambition to become the world leader in batteries for electric cars. But despite its huge mining assets, important challenges must be addressed. Besides its copper and gold mines, the Democratic Republic…
Having obtained independence from the mother country, the country was led for 16 years by a socialist regime, headed by Manuel Pinto da Costa. Within a decade, a strong disaffection towards the establishment grew among…
The islands of São Tomé and Príncipe were deserted until their discovery by Portuguese navigators. Even today we do not know for certain the date of this event or the names of those who first…
The key to understanding the growth of cities in the African continent. At a frenetic pace, Africa has gone from being the least urbanized continent to be the fastest urbanizing region on the planet. With urbanisms…
This plant has been used in various parts of Africa in folk medicine to treat a diversity of ailments including skin complaints, cuts, burns, pneumonia, sleeping sickness, and stomachache. The juice of the fresh plant…
Elections in the most populated country of the continent, Nigeria, and the expansion of jihadism are some of the main challenges expected this year. Many elections are scheduled this year in Africa but several are likely to…
Half of the African urban residents live in one of the more than 7,500 medium or small continental cities. They are often excluded from investments and public services. But they enhance the continent's extraordinary heritage…
The parish of St Daniel Comboni is located in the eastern part of Mamelodi, a name that means, mother of melodies, because of the concentration of musical talent offered by its inhabitants. We visited this place.…
It is a nation with a Protestant majority, with a strong presence of independent African churches and Pentecostal movements. Only 6.66% of South Africans are Catholic. The first Christians who arrived on the South African coast…
The economic or educational prospects offered by African cities are fundamental to the urban growth that the continent is experiencing in general, compared to countries such as Niger or Chad which see their rural populations…
The outbreak of war in Ukraine showed that a conflict could begin in any moment. The crisis had actually been going on for some time, and it simply got worse. There are in Africa different…
The art of getting by with countless informal activities not only affects the economy or daily activities but has significant repercussions on the urban form and on the very way of understanding urban centres as…
Today the challenges multiply in African cities while their inhabitants have access to many more services, often at the hands of innovative companies. In 2025 there will be 100 African cities with more than a million…
The spread of terrorist actions across West Africa alarms the Ghanaian authorities. Experts argue that the possible involvement of Ghanaian youth has an economic and social rather than an ideological matrix. The sentinel role of…
For more than twenty-five years, Sr. Nelly Leòn Correa from Chile has accompanied inmates in and outside the prison and created the "Mujer, Levántate" (Woman,…
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It was a scorching dawn. Scattered across the vast grassy savannah beyond the rocky mountains, the villages seemed to bleach under the thick blanket of clay…
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As the 2024 European elections approach, COMECE (Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union) has released the ‘Catholic Toolkit for Young Europeans’. This comprehensive toolkit…
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