This plant comprises eight genera and around 130 species. It…
01 Sep 2025, Culture September 2025
Located on the hills of Mvolyé, in Yaoundé, the capital…
01 Sep 2025, Churches September 2025
Angola, located on the Atlantic Ocean, and Mozambique, on the…
01 Sep 2025, News September 2025
Investors from the Asian country control a large part of…
01 Sep 2025, News September 2025
The Vezo of Madagascar spend their lives sailing in their…
01 Sep 2025, Culture September 2025
His expressive force and naive style have made the Ivorian…
01 Sep 2025, Culture September 2025
The ostrich is not only a symbol of African fauna,…
01 Sep 2025, Culture September 2025
The war between Russia and Ukraine is having an increasing…
01 Sep 2025, News September 2025
International crises, failed trade integration and governance problems: these are…
01 Aug 2025, News August 2025
A versatile plant renowned for its medicinal properties has been…
01 Aug 2025, Culture August 2025
In the African country where coffee originated, women perform a…
01 Aug 2025, Culture August 2025
A glance at Africa’s major intelligence agencies In the African regions,…
01 Aug 2025, Dossier August 2025
Despite the signing of the peace agreement between the regional…
01 Aug 2025, Churches August 2025
In many African countries, intelligence agencies are used by those…
01 Aug 2025, Dossier August 2025
Investments that are lower by more than half the global…
01 Aug 2025, Dossier August 2025
Despite its apparent tranquillity and its soft and jovial appearance,…
01 Aug 2025, Culture August 2025
The market is expected to reach $700 billion by 2050.…
01 Aug 2025, Dossier August 2025
In just two decades, the small Dominican health centre in…
01 Jul 2025, Churches July 2025
Widespread corruption, disorganised armed forces, and a system of power…
01 Jul 2025, News July 2025
The country is emerging as an exception in the Sahel…
01 Jul 2025, News July 2025
With his illustrations, he strikes harder than any editorial. After…
01 Jul 2025, Culture July 2025
The timeless magic of Jemaa el-Fnaa, the beating heart and…
01 Jul 2025, Culture July 2025
Economic, political and military power merge in Crystal Ventures, the…
01 Jul 2025, News July 2025
The Churches of the Awakening were born in the Pentecostal…
01 Jul 2025, Culture July 2025
Catholic missionaries have played a significant role in shaping healthcare…
01 Jul 2025, Churches July 2025
Sweet, rich in properties, and relatively easy to grow. A…
01 Jun 2025, Culture June 2025
Lessons, strategies, and curiosities. What we know about the giraffe,…
01 Jun 2025, Culture June 2025
A physicist and oceanographer, a telephone entrepreneur and an economist.…
01 Jun 2025, News June 2025
Change at the top. The new Chairperson of the African…
01 Jun 2025, News June 2025
After fifty-six years, Somalia returns to the polls. In June…
01 Jun 2025, News June 2025
In recent years, Qatar has emerged as a significant peace…
01 Jun 2025, News June 2025
The Pökot are a Nilotic people. They live in Western…
01 Jun 2025, Culture June 2025
Mauritius is considered a beacon of good governance, but during…
01 May 2025, Dossier May 2025
Mauritius is being hit hard by rising sea levels and…
01 May 2025, Dossier May 2025
The country loses 40% of its water to crumbling pipes,…
01 May 2025, News May 2025
Mauritius and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement on…
01 May 2025, News May 2025
After diamonds and minerals, soft drinks and other products are…
01 May 2025, News May 2025
Video makers, sculptors, painters and creative Sudanese have taken part…
01 May 2025, Culture May 2025
There is a Catholic minority in Mauritius, but it is…
01 May 2025, Dossier May 2025
From dependence on sugar cane to diversification into tourism, financial…
01 May 2025, Dossier May 2025
On October 23, 1996, in Bukavu, Mons. Christophe Munzihirwa was…
01 May 2025, Churches May 2025
On Pentecost Tuesday, 22 May 1888, a crowd of two…
01 May 2025, Churches May 2025
With an investment of billions of euros, the new administrative…
01 May 2025, Culture May 2025
Rather than talking about the religion of the Pokot, an…
01 Apr 2025, Culture April 2025
Artificial intelligence is the main game in town on the…
01 Apr 2025, News April 2025
Respect for elders is a core value in the African…
01 Apr 2025, Culture April 2025
When conflicts subside, children used by armed groups become the…
01 Apr 2025, News April 2025
In Mali and Niger, the lives of millions of people…
01 Apr 2025, News April 2025
The plant is a cornerstone in traditional medicine across tropical…
01 Apr 2025, Culture April 2025
The fall of the capital of North Kivu, Goma and…
01 Mar 2025, News March 2025
Following the expulsion of French troops from Mali, Burkina-Faso and…
01 Mar 2025, News March 2025
Vida Nova celebrates its 65th anniversary. It follows the joys,…
01 Mar 2025, Churches March 2025
The Arab country is among the major supporters of the…
01 Mar 2025, News March 2025
It is a versatile plant with a wide range of…
01 Mar 2025, Culture March 2025
The lack of a government agricultural policy, the impact of…
01 Mar 2025, News March 2025
Commonly known as ringworm bush. This herbaceous plant belongs to…
01 Feb 2025, Culture February 2025
The construction of a gas pipeline linking Nigeria to the…
01 Feb 2025, News February 2025
Nature is seen as a gift from God that helps…
01 Feb 2025, Culture February 2025
The jubilee as a time of emancipation and restoration requires…
01 Feb 2025, Churches February 2025
As well as training young talent, she lives his art…
01 Feb 2025, Culture February 2025
Amid conflict in Ambazonia, in the English-speaking part of Cameroon,…
01 Feb 2025, Churches February 2025
The fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could weaken Moscow-backed…
01 Feb 2025, News February 2025
This year looks set to be another difficult one for…
01 Jan 2025, News January 2025
Sometimes one has the impression that personal honour and prestige…
01 Jan 2025, Dossier January 2025
Peace depends on the community's ability to intervene in problematic…
01 Jan 2025, Dossier January 2025
The Lebanese movement relies on a mafia-like, opaque system rooted in…
01 Jan 2025, News January 2025
One could also define ‘Palaver’ as a common search through…
01 Jan 2025, Dossier January 2025
In the heart of the Rift Valley, Lake Magadi, fed…
01 Jan 2025, Culture January 2025
It is important to create an atmosphere of mutual understanding,…
01 Jan 2025, Dossier January 2025
The Tassili Ajjer massif is home to the world's largest…
01 Jan 2025, Culture January 2025
It is used in traditional medicine to treat and prevent…
01 Jan 2025, Culture January 2025
The Vincentian Family in Lobito runs several projects and initiatives…
01 Jan 2025, Churches January 2025
It belongs to the Pedaliaceae plant family and is commonly…
01 Dec 2024, Culture December 2024
It is the fourth largest economy on the continent but…
01 Dec 2024, News December 2024
In all religions, we find cities called "holy" due to…
01 Nov 2024, Dossier November 2024
The city is called the "blue and white city" for…
01 Nov 2024, Dossier November 2024
Rich as it is in renewable energy sources, the country…
01 Nov 2024, News November 2024
Saint Louis, washed by the Senegal River and the Atlantic…
01 Nov 2024, Dossier November 2024
When you look at some African art, you may wonder…
01 Nov 2024, Culture November 2024
Moving from specialised sections to the international scene. The great…
01 Nov 2024, Culture November 2024
“Where the weight of centuries can be felt in every…
01 Nov 2024, Dossier November 2024
How can a monk be "missionary" if, by vocation, he…
01 Nov 2024, Churches November 2024
Egypt and Somalia are increasing their military cooperation to pressure…
01 Nov 2024, News November 2024
The loss of the absolute majority by the African National…
01 Oct 2024, News October 2024
Buganda Kingdom is found in Central Uganda and it’s the…
01 Oct 2024, Culture October 2024
Tshisekedi hires mercenaries, recruits militias, urges foreign armies to assist…
01 Oct 2024, News October 2024
Economic autonomy and autonomy of thought. These are the prerequisites…
01 Oct 2024, Churches October 2024
Marked by decades of political instability and conflict, Sudanese artists…
01 Oct 2024, Culture October 2024
It has been used in traditional medicine since time immemorial…
01 Oct 2024, Culture October 2024
Economic crisis. The burden of foreign debt. Education in collapse.…
01 Oct 2024, News October 2024
Apple Music's latest list of the 100 greatest albums of all time has excluded any contributions from Africa. The musical richness of the continent continues has been ignored. The exclusion of African music from Apple Music's…
The city in the north of the country is the main hub of the migration routes towards the Mediterranean. In 2016, the EU imposed a law that criminalized the transport and activities related to fleeing…
The Longonjo mine is attracting interest from foreign governments and companies, including the British ones. Meanwhile, the US is busy interfering with China's control over the supply chain of critical minerals mined in DR Congo. Three…
It is a small to medium semi-deciduous to deciduous tree up to 20m in height with a dense rounded crown. The plant is traditionally used in tropical Africa to treat a wide range of human…
The tents of the desert inhabitants are a concentration of technologies, the use of materials and design particularly suited to the environment - which is why they have varied typologies - and to the way…
Moscow responds to Europe's embargo by finding new landing places along the coasts of North Africa and the Middle East. And having its oil tankers sail under the Gabonese flag. More than two years after the…
The decline of the Western military presence in the Sahel and the expansion of the Russian Wagner Group there has eclipsed the offensive in Africa of the first Islamic private military company, the Turkish SADAT…
In southern Malawi, on the border with Mozambique, an imposing granite massif with sheer walls, Mount Mulanje, captures the humidity of the winds coming from the Indian Ocean, creating mists and rains that nourish lush…
In Africa, there is no separation between the sacred and the profane. According to common African spirituality, all life is sacred, and the entire creation is sacred, as it is an expression of divine force. African…
It is an erect, branching, soft, slightly aromatic, annual herb with shallow fibrous roots. The plant has a goat-like smell and hence the common name “goat weed”. The genus name Ageratum is derived from the…
The first port in West Africa, faces a number of challenges: logistical and political, as well as fierce competition from rival ports in the region. In a continent where, during the colonial period, the main economic activities…
In the regions bordering between Senegal and Mali, the gold rush has created hundreds of artisanal or semi-artisanal mines. A real danger is that the extraction of the precious metal may be used as a…
When southern spring blooms, the streets of Harare and Pretoria are tinged with purple and lilac. In Zimbabwe and South Africa, during the spring season, which in the southern hemisphere begins in September, the large…
In many African cultures, one cannot call directly the name of a person whose rank is higher than one’s own. Father, mother, uncle, aunt, sister and brother… is all you will hear in some families. Moreover,…
To cope with increasingly recurring droughts and animal deaths, the northern ethnic group, equipped with a solid culture, is changing its habits. Agriculture takes the place of pastoralism, due also to targeted initiatives by the…
It is East Africa's first port, but its development is being challenged by a series of rival projects in Berbera and Djibouti to the north, and Dar es Salaam and Bagamoyo to the south. Almost…
The most serious threat is that the extremists will expand south and close the access routes to the capital. The military actions of the military junta have so far brought little results. Civilian casualties have increased. After…
The DRC government accuses Apple of buying conflict minerals and funding armed groups in the east of the country. However, boycotts of these minerals and sanctions have so far proved ineffective in curbing the violence. On 25…
As Africa's largest port, Durban faces many challenges that are hampering its development. These include congestion, lack of reform and competition from other regional ports. Managed in a landlord capacity by the Transnet National Ports Authority…
A climate activist, a cultural producer and a writer. Three African women with a proposal: Redefining the African narrative. Vanessa Nakate is much more than an African Greta Thunberg because the reality of the continent is…
Her sixth album, Mawja, returns to traditional sounds, reconnecting the Western Saharan artist with the stories and rhythms of her family. And to the struggle of the women and people of this land of conflict. Aziza…
The Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants (CEPAMI) and other civil society organizations have been working for years to give a dignified life to the thousands of migrants and refugees in the country. “The fundamental objective…
The Lagos complex, with the new Lekki container port and the neighbouring Tin Can Island port, is the largest maritime hub in the Gulf of Guinea. But Nigeria's ports face many challenges, including congestion, corruption…
President Sissoco Embaló does not tolerate dissonant voices and continues to present himself as an authoritarian normalizer of political life. However, he does not control parliament and a second presidential term is not certain. Since before…
When the flocks of the carmine bee-eater arrive in the Zambezi Valley, at the height of the dry season, the bush is tinged with the red colour of its feathers, brushing the arid colours of…
Since colonial times, African ports have been the main gateway to coastal countries and their vast hinterland. We examined the performance, challenges and development prospects of three of the largest ports in sub-Saharan Africa: Lagos…
In traditional Africa, dance is more than entertainment. It is a celebration of life. This is why, watching Africans dance can give a clue of both their core values and main economic activities. It even gives…
Violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has intensified in recent months. With the M23 rebels occupying more and more space and the United Nations mission (MONUSCO) expected to end before 2025, self-defence…
Since its foundation by the Spiritan Missionaries in 1928, the Cristo Rey Major Seminary of Huambo has trained dozens of bishops, hundreds of priests and many young people who today serve Angolan society. We paid…
In Saint Louis, in the north of Senegal, boat building is one of the most deeply rooted activities among the population at large. The bright colours and texture say a lot about their owners, their profession…
How to improve the relationship between local communities and the environment. The great wealth of biodiversity of the Bijagós archipelago. The inhabitants are the custodians of their ecosystem. The rainy season begins and with it the…
The country has long been going through a phase of instability and violence that threatens its survival. The rise to power of the military has not improved the situation. On the contrary, it has actually…
Distrust seems to be growing not only among ethnic groups but also among religious communities. And this translates into attacks against the faithful gathered to pray in churches or mosques. And the junta bears its…
In Burkina Faso, the terrorist threat emerged after 2015, the year in which the first president after the lengthy period of the Compaoré regime was democratically elected. In 2016 jihadists started to penetrate the country from…
Each of these three 'rebel states' has forged more or less strong ties with Russia, the global player that has been most active and unscrupulous in Africa in recent years. This growth in influence has been…
A cultural institution representing the Acholi chiefs. Their rules for society today. The Acholi are a Luo-speaking group of people living in the Northern Uganda, and they are believed to have migrated from Bahr el Ghazal…
In the country's most populous city, Muslim prayer groups have adapted to a scenario marked by the growth of Pentecostal Churches. Borrowing aspirations and rituals of a spiritual sentiment far removed from the traditional Islamic…
Akas pygmy men spend a lot of time with their children. The attention and affection they show them, as well as the way they bring them up, are unique. Economic and environmental challenges, however, threaten…
The Congolese judiciary threatened to prosecute the Archbishop of Kinshasa, Cardinal Ambongo. Such a move has deepened the crisis between the authorities and the Catholic Church to a level unprecedented since Cardinal Malula went into…
While the world's attention is focused on Ukraine and Gaza, the expulsion of French and American troops from Niger is the worst setback for the Western powers since their withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Russia,…
The Muslim religion is the unifying feature of Mauritanian culture and society which, however, presents notable differences in other aspects. To fully understand the extent of Islam’s role in the country, we must start from the…
The presidential elections, scheduled for June 22, constitute a test for the Mauritanian political system. The outgoing president, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, elected for the first time in 2019, is widely expected to win. The majority parties have designated…
The Sisters who belong to the Slaves of the Divine Heart run a school in one of the poorest suburbs of Luanda. Educate to create the future for this country. The education centre is located in…
This infrastructure will change the trade routes of Southern Africa. It will be used, above all, as a route for the transport of critical raw materials and strategic minerals. American, European and Chinese interests. It was in…
In recent years the inhabitants of this northern city have witnessed the birth of innovative cultural institutions that challenged conventions and brought contemporary arts closer to local communities. Travelling from Accra to Tamale is like going…
The two ethnic groups of the Agni-Baulé in Ivory Coast have developed a particular cosmogony, a ritual and social system that deserves interest and sometimes admiration. Through legends, the Agni-Baule explain their origin. With a population…
Nouakchott has not suffered large-scale attacks for 12 years. There are three reasons: collaboration with neighbouring countries, the intervention of religious authorities and having "institutionalised" the demands of Islamist parties and movements. The Sahel is…
The marriage of the Kabaka of Buganda renews his royal status. We look at how the king goes through this process. The Buganda Kingdom of the Baganda tribe, which is known to be the largest and…
The country is closely watching the ongoing tensions in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The small barracks state, dealing with a cumbersome tenant like the USA, risks losing its centrality due to…
The government is focusing on green hydrogen to diversify the rapidly growing economy, aiming for growth in the renewable energy sector. The country is among those most suffering from the climate crisis with increasingly frequent…
Kidnapping for ransom has long become a real industry in Nigeria. Priests and religious are the target. It is a sunny and hot Sunday morning. Father Steven is getting ready to go to celebrate mass in…
In the shade of the pyramids and minarets of Cairo, the tradition of pigeon and homing pigeon breeders has been handed down. Cairo is a chaotic, immense and difficult city. The streets are always too crowded…
Recycled material reigns supreme in Nike's modern art galleries in Lagos and Abuja. It brings together, on crowded walls, sculptures, textiles, jewellery, amulets and paintings that lay claim to another Nigeria. It's not easy to keep up…
Although colonization contributed to its urban development, Africa had already experienced the flourishing of cities from ancient times. Let us look back at some of these cities through what the continent's first chroniclers said about…
Thirty years after Nelson Mandela’s election, South Africa will hold the most crucial ballot in a context where the ruling ANC might lose its absolute majority. Several scenarios of coalition. Almost all opinion polls since last…
This is the time necessary, according to Mireille Yoga, director of the Edimar Centre in Yaoundé, to restore a look of dignity to a street child. Testimony of personal and social commitment. “My name is Mireille…
From the savannahs of Africa to the global cosmetics industry, we reveal the secrets of a prodigious butter. Shea dominates advertisements and the labels of body care creams, but its uses in Africa are multiple,…
A political earthquake in the Middle East with strong repercussions, also for the economy, on the part of Africa that overlooks the Red Sea. These are consequences of the Hamas attack on Israel followed by…
The Manjak people are an ethnic group living in Guinea-Bissau. They number about 100,000 and are scattered throughout both the continental and insular region. They are mainly rice cultivators. Keeping cultural traditions alive is important…
Over the last ten years, fourteen museums have been opened. A cultural strategy that aims at rediscovering its rich cultural, traditional and artistic heritage. Rabat is not part of the tourist circuit of a country with incredible…
The West aims to sanction the Kremlin also in the diamond market of which Russia is the main producer. Among those directly affected are Botswana, Angola and Zimbabwe. Trying to classify Russian diamonds as conflict diamonds…
Africa’s most populated country and leading economy boasts the continent’s highest crime index and cumulates all superlatives as new forms of criminality are emerging. Nigeria which ranked sixth in the world and first in Africa with…
In the southern region of Chad, in Bodo, to be exact, an African fashion project is coming to life to offer women the opportunity to earn a living by working in a sewing atelier. Sister…
There is a trait that distinguishes the Congolese Episcopal Conference (CEC): its ability to intervene in the various sectors of society in which it is directly involved. And it does so with competence and determination…
Nigerian ecofeminist Adenike Titilope Oladosu is the founder of I Lead Climate Action, an initiative aimed at empowering women and youth to combat climate change.…
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Once upon a time, the crocodile was king of the animals. He was holding court one day. He sat majestically on his throne as he received…
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Coming from five continents, 270 young people belonging to the Comboni Youth Movement gathered in Rome (24th July – 4th August 2025) to celebrate the Jubilee.…
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