The meaning of the rites of passage in Africa culture.…
01 Nov 2022, Culture November 2022
Whereas other oil producers are boasting from substantial revenues as…
01 Nov 2022, News November 2022
The Coptic Church of Egypt and the Orthodox Church of…
01 Nov 2022, Churches November 2022
‘City of Lights’, as Rabat, the administrative capital of Morocco,…
01 Nov 2022, Culture November 2022
Cameroon, Morocco, Tunisia, Ghana, and Senegal will represent Africa in…
01 Nov 2022, News November 2022
Anti-apartheid activist and internationally renowned theologian, Father Albert Nolan, died…
01 Nov 2022, Churches November 2022
Can William Ruto, the new Kenya president, provide the change…
01 Nov 2022, News November 2022
On 20 November 2022, Comboni Father Joseph Ambrosoli will be…
01 Nov 2022, Churches November 2022
Anti-apartheid activist and internationally renowned theologian, Father Albert Nolan, died…
01 Nov 2022, Churches November 2022
We have asked mons. John Baptist Odama, Archbishop of Gulu…
01 Nov 2022, Churches November 2022
During the night, an armed group attacks the mission of…
01 Oct 2022, Churches October 2022
Victoria Falls is one of the best known and most…
01 Oct 2022, Culture October 2022
Out of 55 African countries, only 18 produce gas, although…
01 Oct 2022, News October 2022
Foreign industries of transformation of fresh fish into fish meal…
01 Oct 2022, Dossier October 2022
The fishing sector is crucial both for socio-economic stability and…
01 Oct 2022, Dossier October 2022
Fierce superstitions marginalize those who have inherited the lack of…
01 Oct 2022, News October 2022
The supranational institution has worked to prevent conflicts but has…
01 Oct 2022, News October 2022
Madj lights the flashlight on his head, tying hooks and…
01 Oct 2022, Dossier October 2022
The rumba is a typically Congolese rhythm. This popular music,…
01 Oct 2022, Culture October 2022
The renowned African theologian Prof. Fr. Laurenti Magesa died on…
01 Oct 2022, Churches October 2022
By early 2023, controversial oil exploration will start in protected…
01 Oct 2022, News October 2022
It is a multipurpose medicinal plant and can be used,…
01 Sep 2022, Culture September 2022
Drums play an important role in the life of African…
01 Sep 2022, Culture September 2022
Cybercrime is spreading more and more on the continent, causing…
01 Sep 2022, News September 2022
It is an important and frequently used medicinal plant in…
01 Aug 2022, Culture August 2022
A large number of initiatives have been started in the…
01 Aug 2022, Churches August 2022
A rebel upsurge in Eastern Congo has led to a…
01 Aug 2022, News August 2022
Censorship, information regulation, isolation from the outside world. These are…
01 Aug 2022, News August 2022
Adopt a common political space strategy. Develop a constellation of…
01 Aug 2022, News August 2022
The country’s solar and wind huge potential coinciding with Europe’s…
01 Aug 2022, News August 2022
The oil industry is at the heart of the Angolan…
01 Jul 2022, Dossier July 2022
On the trail of men and women who dress luxuriously…
01 Jul 2022, Culture July 2022
The Telema Mental Health Centre in Kinshasa is a place…
01 Jul 2022, Churches July 2022
Four African Sisters have restored life to a monastery founded…
01 Jul 2022, Churches July 2022
Since independence, the Church has been somewhat close to the…
01 Jul 2022, Dossier July 2022
The result of next August’s elections cannot be taken for…
01 Jul 2022, Dossier July 2022
The Mediterranean as a meeting place. Brotherhood as a sign…
01 Jul 2022, Churches July 2022
It is an evergreen tree, native to tropical Africa especially…
01 Jul 2022, Culture July 2022
At least 90% of African cultural heritage is currently outside…
01 Jul 2022, News July 2022
Three young African women from different backgrounds recount the story…
01 Jul 2022, News July 2022
In the African context, Angola, a country with a population…
01 Jul 2022, Dossier July 2022
They have lost the prophetic voice they had in the…
01 Jun 2022, Dossier June 2022
The EU’s plan of an oil embargo on Russia and…
01 Jun 2022, News June 2022
Schools, female entrepreneurship, microcredit. These are some of the initiatives…
01 Jun 2022, Churches June 2022
The country is divided between two worlds, the world of…
01 Jun 2022, Dossier June 2022
A small people of Mauritania compelled to change their lifestyle…
01 Jun 2022, News June 2022
Crowded cells, a corrupt judicial system, a health crisis aggravated…
01 Jun 2022, Churches June 2022
From Zimbabwe to South Africa and Kenya, Women Rangers are…
01 Jun 2022, News June 2022
Off the southern coast of Mozambique, there lies an uncontaminated…
01 Jun 2022, Culture June 2022
Among the Baganda people living in the area north and…
01 Jun 2022, Culture June 2022
The Nyota Centre in Bukavu gives hope to many young…
01 Jun 2022, Churches June 2022
The UK and Rwanda have signed an unprecedented deal to…
01 Jun 2022, News June 2022
The former president faces two important trials. At the moment,…
01 Jun 2022, Dossier June 2022
Next December, the African National Congress will hold its five-yearly…
01 Jun 2022, Dossier June 2022
The colours of the walls, the little flags decorating the…
01 May 2022, Culture May 2022
Beyond the government's policy statements, the country will not start…
01 May 2022, News May 2022
Many shrines and pilgrimage sites in honour of the Virgin…
01 May 2022, Churches May 2022
The oldest desert in the world: a sea of sand…
01 May 2022, News May 2022
Making the most populous city in the country an example…
01 May 2022, News May 2022
In Mali seeking the ancient capital of the Tuareg. It…
01 May 2022, Culture May 2022
The interests of multinationals often coincide with those of the…
01 Apr 2022, News April 2022
Africa is probably the place in the world where oral…
01 Apr 2022, Culture April 2022
There are over one hundred priests serving on the African…
01 Apr 2022, Churches April 2022
An effective treatment for skin infections, sores, and itches. Its…
01 Apr 2022, Culture April 2022
In the past, it was community work in which everyone…
01 Apr 2022, Culture April 2022
In the last years one of the different ethnicities that…
01 Mar 2022, Dossier March 2022
Nomadism caused Peuls to move between different areas that, after…
01 Mar 2022, Dossier March 2022
The Al Mowafaqa Ecumenical Institute of Theology in Rabat, created…
01 Mar 2022, Churches March 2022
For years now, tens of thousands of tons of electric…
01 Mar 2022, News March 2022
France and the EU announced the withdrawal of their troops…
01 Mar 2022, News March 2022
Since the 2011 Arab uprisings, Christians in Egypt have lived…
01 Mar 2022, Churches March 2022
The fight is not only between Peuls and other groups.…
01 Mar 2022, Dossier March 2022
The crisis of traditional authorities is a common phenomenon in…
01 Mar 2022, Dossier March 2022
The Mozambican, Severino Elias Ngoenha, the main exponent of African…
01 Mar 2022, Culture March 2022
The continent of Africa is endowed with plenty of important…
01 Mar 2022, Culture March 2022
A panorama of the newspapers founded by African intellectuals who…
01 Feb 2022, Culture February 2022
The situation of Christians in Egypt is that of a…
01 Feb 2022, Churches February 2022
In the world of rural Africa, the market is not…
01 Feb 2022, Dossier February 2022
In the context of the US military presence in Taiwan…
01 Feb 2022, News February 2022
There are more than two hundred radio, from Angola to…
01 Feb 2022, Churches February 2022
Approaching the market of any African city, the visitor is…
01 Feb 2022, Dossier February 2022
Christians and Muslims work together to prevent Islamic radicalism from…
01 Feb 2022, Churches February 2022
In some rural areas of the Sahel such as the…
01 Feb 2022, Dossier February 2022
Johannesburg, often associated with skyscrapers, insecurity, crime, begging, and in…
01 Feb 2022, Culture February 2022
It is still dark when Esther rises. The children are…
01 Feb 2022, Dossier February 2022
After the expropriations of the lands of the white ranchers…
01 Feb 2022, News February 2022
In the Congolese capital, as in the rest of the…
01 Feb 2022, Culture February 2022
Symbol of non-violent resistance to apartheid and the creation of…
01 Feb 2022, Churches February 2022
One of the greatest feasts among the Guji - an Oromo ethnic group - is that of name-giving. Like all other great feasts, it is sealed with the sacrifice of a bull, dancing and youthful…
On the last 19 November, President Joe Biden created shock and indignation among human rights activists after he signed an executive order to lift sanctions against Burundian officials which were imposed by Barrack Obama in…
It is a medicinal plant used for treatment of a number of diseases among them that of peptic ulcer disease. But also for the treatment of stomach complications, malaria and mouth infections in children. It is…
The slums surrounding the centre of Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, can be classified by their level of degradation. They are located just a few kilometres from the central shops and street stalls. Dirty roads…
Tigray, a region of Ethiopia, guards a series of interesting churches, some of which are very hard to reach. We refer especially to religious sites built centuries ago in the area of Amba Gheralta, located…
This year there will be different hotspots in Africa. But two of them will have a deep impact on the security of their regions, due to the dimensions of the concerned states and the complexity…
The return to the constitutional order in three countries hit by military coups, the downsizing of the French military presence in the Sahel and the instability in Ethiopia are the main challenges. In North Africa, prospects…
The Kunama, an Eritrean ethnic group living in the remote and isolated area between the Gash and Setit rivers near the border with Ethiopia. Kunama life is marked by traditional rites and ceremonies handed down…
As use of the Internet grows, so does the number of consumers who shop online. A surprising fact: the sector could benefit from around $15 billion between 2025 and 2030 if there were more women-owned businesses on the…
In the vast semi-desert uplands of southern Ethiopia, and in the northern desert region of Kenya, the Borana have their home. They believe themselves to be the first of the groups that form the great Oromo…
Among the Borana people marriage is preceded by several stages and long negotiations, which can go on even for two years. The boy’s father takes the first step by visiting the girl’s parents, on this occasion…
The birth of a child is always an important event that brings joy to the Borana. The joy is all the more important when the child is a first-born or a male. The announcement of the birth…
In traditional medicine, the plant is used to treat a number of diseases like bronchial asthma, fever, influenza, cough, as well as treatment of epilepsy. Medicinal plants are a huge element of the indigenous medical systems. Leonotis nepetifolia…
Every eight years, the feast of final Borana passage called Gadamoji, when a man reaches complete social and ritual maturity, is celebrated. Due to the fact that it is celebrated at such long intervals and its…
The African crypto-economy has grown over 1200% over the last two years. Moreover, five countries in the continent rank in the top 20 of the Global Crypto Adoption Index. But risks to monetary systems are…
The pandemic and the doubts of some countries have postponed the adoption of the Eco, the single monetary unit of Western Africa. The new road map, which expects a pact of convergence to be actuated during…
It began in an Islamic context as a religious dance but today it has a more secular character and is managed by the women of the Makua ethnic group who compose the words and music,…
Marriage is highly esteemed among the Banyakole and it is one of the most expensive and honored ventures. Among the things that have persisted in the Ankole culture is the marriage rite. Before westernization found its…
Over 50 years after the Biafra secession war, situation has become extremely tense in South-Eastern Nigeria. Repression is ongoing and support for secession is growing, while Presidential statements stoke the fire. Main threats such as Boko…
Prior to the Christian missionary movement in the 19th century, the Ankole people’s idea of a Supreme Being was Ruhanga (creator) who was believed to be living in the sky. He was believed to be…
A young man is killed. The family members arrange the vendetta. The blood of the culture seems to be thicker than the waters of Baptism. Reflections of a missionary who spent fifty years in Africa. It…
Places, legends, instruments, dances, to preserve the Ankole’s rich and diverse culture. At a glance some of these sites. Nkokojeru tombs: these are the resting places of the Ankole’s last two kings: Mugabe Edward Solomon…
A genus Blighia comprises only three species and is endemic in tropical Africa. It can be distinguished from the other two species by its leaflets having tufts of hairs in the axils of lateral veins.…
Stricken by adversity a Karimojong man, a member of an ethnic group of northern Uganda, does not keep it to himself but renders the entire community participants in his sorrow. Above all, he entrusts himself…
Ankole is one of the oldest and most famous dynasties in Uganda. It is believed to have been created back in the early 15th century. The people of Ankole Kingdom are called the Banyankole and…
A year after the youth protests that shook the most populated country of Africa. The justice and peace commissions are not functioning except in Lagos; the youth are disillusioned; the police are licking their wounds;…
It is a country with over 10 ethnic groups, each with different cultural traditions and beliefs. The dance represents one of the highest cultural performances of these cultural groups. A glance at some of the dances. In…
Even though a significant increase in the numbers of those following Islam is expected, there are but a few governments in Sub Saharan Africa that invest in banking services in conformity with Sharia Law. According to…
An extremely polarised country where belonging to a family or clan is much more important than one’s national identity. The new bishop of Rumbek, Mons Christian Carlassare, invites the Christians to be part of a…
A battle between the supporters of President Tshisekedi and the two main churches of the Congo is ongoing. The transparency of the next presidential election is at stake. Once again, the catholic church has clashed with…
It is one of the most iconic of the African land mammals. It lives in water but cannot swim. The hippopotamus implements strategies that enable it to stay afloat in all circumstances. Discovering its secrets.…
The Diocesan Delegation for Tangier Migrants is a church organisation that receives migrants in the north of Morocco. We paid them a visit. The waters of the Atlantic Ocean encounter those of the Mediterranean off…
The closest advisers of Tshisekedi are three Pentecostal pastors whom he trusts to increase consensus in the country and establish improving foreign relations with the USA and Israel. From the time he took over the leadership…
It is one of the most popular herbal plants and has been used as a raw plant material for drugs that have become more widely available commercially. In particular, it is used for treating human…
The animal symbolic of the African savannah is known all over the world for its strength and is feared and admired for its majesty. Less known are the laws governing its strict social life. Threats to…
The Bakiga or Kiga people are known as people of the mountain. They are a Bantu ethnic group of South Western Uganda and Northern Rwanda. We look at different stages of traditional marriage. Marriage among the…
This internal lake of Ethiopia is an Alpine circle of muddy waters, more than three thousand five hundred square km. This is where, forming a slow and calm stream, the Blue Nile rises. Lake Tana…
In the Wolof language ‘Barcelona or Death!’, as the route through the Canaries is often called in Senegal. The dramatic situation of the country is forcing thousands of young people to undertake a voyage of…
The Bororo culture is one of movement. There are different sorts of movement. First of all there is the perol, 'the great movement', mostly for political or environmental reasons. It is a real migration and happens…
It is used for a treatment of a number of diseases. The plant can be prepared in a number of ways such as decoction, maceration and infusions. It belongs to the plant family Fabaceae and is…
Heroin trafficking in Africa is growing in intensity due to the development of the ‘southern route’ that crosses the continent. This alternative route has become more popular because it is open almost all year round…
Some African countries are on their way to becoming the main avocado exporters of the future due to the particularly favourable environmental conditions of the continent. The crop may take the place of coffee and…
Like Moses, Cardinal Monsengwo, who died in France 11 July last aged 81, fought for most of his life to lead his flock to the promised land of democracy but did not see it himself. Most…
Short of water and housing, with spreading criminality and a pandemic that seems difficult to bring to a halt, Nairobi is in search of a ray of light. With its lively underground scene fed by…
The Gerewol is the festival of bodily beauty. The young Bororo, after spending ascetic months in the savannah, paint their faces with the most extravagant designs to accentuate their extended lines. On a pre-selected plain, the…
The cult of physical beauty is most important. The rules of aesthetics are followed by the entire group. Gently but firmly, the mothers try to shape the physiognomy of the new-born child in the hope of…
Giraffe, in the Sindebele and Zulu languages, is Ndlulamiti, meaning literally ‘higher than the trees’, is one of the most iconic animals of the African continent. The tallest animal in the world, it can reach…
The Bororo belong to the large ethnic family of the Peul, better known as the Fulani, Fulbe, Poular, Fula, and Fellata. The origins of the Peul are still a mystery though there is no shortage of…
After ten years of the declaration of independence, South Sudan continue to suffer the drama of civil war. Reconciliation between various ethnic groups has become an important task for the churches in South Sudan. The…
Just over a century after he died as a martyr, Blessed Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916), who brought the Gospel to Islamic lands and lived among the Tuareg people in the Algerian desert, will be proclaimed…
With a new Apostolic Letter Antiquum Ministerium (Ancient Ministry), Pope Francis establishes the lay ministry of catechist. In Africa catechists have been the cornerstone of the church. We present three stories of the catechists in…
Among the waci (a name that means 'the souls of our ancestors dwell here') of southern Togo, the birth of a child is seen as a precious gift, a sign of divine blessings. We now…
As the security continues to deteriorate in Eastern Congo, President Tshisekedi declared a “State of Siege” on the 6 May and considers to expand it indefinitely as long as the situation does not improve. Eighteen years…
A country broken by years of civil war. The difficult journey towards reconstruction. The need for reconciliation and forgiveness. Comments by Mons. Jesús Ruiz, the new bishop of Mbaiki, in the southwest of the country. For…
The 24 May coup against an attempt to reduce the influence of the military has increasee tensions between the authorities and their main supporter in the war against the jihadists that could be lost since…
Hundreds of species of bird migrate seasonally, covering enormous distances, urged on by irresistible instinct. Scientists have discovered the origin of this behaviour and the surprising ability of birds to 'learn' from their journeys. The African…
For the Karimojong, a pastoral and semi-nomadic tribe living in the north-eastern regions of Uganda, dancing is part of life. An artistic expression to be found in the various situations and events of the community. Loud…
A single ship lodged in the Suez Canal halted maritime commerce and caused a rise in oil prices. Many countries are looking for alternatives. All it took was for the container ship Evergreen to become stuck…
President Déby’s sudden death has left a huge vacuum. The stability of the country and beyond of the entire Sahel region, is at stake. President Idriss Déby Itno’s death, announced on the 20 April by the…
In the north of the country, at Tamale, there are places where people who are victims of violence and superstition live. They are mostly women, usually elderly and widowed. Rather than rights or dignity, what…
The Gedeo are an ethnic group in southern Ethiopia. Among the Gedeo, there are three main ways to find a girl to marry. The first way is called bultane which means in peace and full…
With the initiative of Christopher Kirkley, an American bio-engineer who has become a music producer, the musicians of Mali, Niger and Mauritania can more easily make themselves known. Passion and new technologies. In sub-Saharan Africa, in…
The films made by young directors can be traced to two main streams. Afrofuturism which has taken root in Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya and which combines stylistic research and sales and a more authored current,…
The nature parks of W-Arly-Pendjari, straddling the borders of Niger, Burkina Faso and Benin, have become a target for terrorists and poachers. They have rendered inaccessible one of the most beautiful reserves of Africa. With 1.7…
In harmony with Pope Francis’ call in Laudato Si' to “care for our common home”, the Sisters of the Holy Cross have a long-standing commitment…
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A dove laid an egg in the hollow of a big tree in front of the blacksmith's house. When she flew away from her nest in…
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“I hope and I firmly believe that the experience many of you will have in Lisbon next August will represent a new beginning for you, the…
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