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
Three young African women from different backgrounds recount the story…
01 Jul 2022, News July 2022
At least 90% of African cultural heritage is currently outside…
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…
01 Jan 2022, Culture January 2022
On the last 19 November, President Joe Biden created shock…
01 Jan 2022, News January 2022
It is a medicinal plant used for treatment of a…
01 Jan 2022, Culture January 2022
The slums surrounding the centre of Lusaka, the capital of…
01 Jan 2022, News January 2022
Tigray, a region of Ethiopia, guards a series of interesting…
01 Jan 2022, Churches January 2022
This year there will be different hotspots in Africa. But…
01 Jan 2022, News January 2022
The return to the constitutional order in three countries hit…
01 Jan 2022, News January 2022
The Kunama, an Eritrean ethnic group living in the remote…
01 Dec 2021, Culture December 2021
As use of the Internet grows, so does the number of consumers…
01 Dec 2021, News December 2021
In the vast semi-desert uplands of southern Ethiopia, and in…
01 Dec 2021, Dossier December 2021
Among the Borana people marriage is preceded by several stages…
01 Dec 2021, Dossier December 2021
The birth of a child is always an important event…
01 Dec 2021, Dossier December 2021
In traditional medicine, the plant is used to treat a…
01 Dec 2021, Culture December 2021
Every eight years, the feast of final Borana passage called…
01 Dec 2021, Dossier December 2021
The African crypto-economy has grown over 1200% over the last…
01 Dec 2021, News December 2021
The pandemic and the doubts of some countries have postponed…
01 Dec 2021, News December 2021
It began in an Islamic context as a religious dance…
01 Nov 2021, Culture November 2021
Marriage is highly esteemed among the Banyakole and it is…
01 Nov 2021, Dossier November 2021
Over 50 years after the Biafra secession war, situation has…
01 Nov 2021, News November 2021
Prior to the Christian missionary movement in the 19th century,…
01 Nov 2021, Dossier November 2021
A young man is killed. The family members arrange the…
01 Nov 2021, Churches November 2021
Places, legends, instruments, dances, to preserve the Ankole’s rich and…
01 Nov 2021, Dossier November 2021
A genus Blighia comprises only three species and is endemic…
01 Nov 2021, Culture November 2021
Ankole is one of the oldest and most famous dynasties…
01 Nov 2021, Dossier November 2021
Stricken by adversity a Karimojong man, a member of an…
01 Nov 2021, Culture November 2021
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A total of one hundred and thirty years those three Comboni missionaries spent in Africa. Three devoted people of great faith and love for the people. Their motto was: ‘This is our home and here…
To recreate the social and interreligious fabric of a society torn by war, it is necessary to provide opportunities for people to meet, especially the youth, by means of formative and cultural activities. The young people…
Forty years have passed since the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MDFC) began its fight for independence from Senegal. During those decades, the conflict was altered, allies changed and numerous non-aggression pacts were signed…
Known as African olive or bush candle, this tropical tree is highly beneficial to human beings. Medicinal plants have been utilized for different medicinal purposes for thousands of years. These medicinal plants are processed in different…
Kidnappings, rapes and murders are part of daily life for many in the north of Nigeria. Boko Haram continues on its path of violence and destruction. Stories of suffering and pain. The Church stays by…
Agbogbloshie, in Accra, the capital of Ghana, is one of the largest waste dumps for electronic appliances in the world and the workplace of thousands of people who are daily exposed to some of the most…
The Daniel Comboni House of the Comboni Missionary Sisters is a structure that assists the social rehabilitation of young women so that they can manage their own lives independently and with dignity. We visited the…
Respected by public opinion and the international community, Ramaphosa has to fight against the various factions and groups within the ANC. The economic crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic are hampering further reform efforts. It is now…
On a hill in the city of Bukavu in the south of the DR Congo, a centre has been built to take in girls accused of witchcraft. In the deep south of Nigeria, a Sister…
The weakness of Somalia’s state has incited neighbours to make steps to tap its maritime resources in search of oil and fishing grounds, adding to other tensions which create a dangerous climate. The chaos that…
Former President Laurent Gbagbo has received the green light to take back his role on the political scene of Cote d’Ivoire. Apparently, he has now the possibility to engage again in the fight for predominance that…
She wants to make history: to be the first Kenyan Karate Woman to take part in the Olympics. Rose has always done things differently from other girls. Growing up, she hung out with her three older…
Besides their family names, the Batooro have pet names called empako. It was a sign of social identity. When greeting each other, the Batooro use the empako. It must be mentioned as part of the…
The Tigray conflict has dampened the enthusiasm raised by the Ethiopian Prime Minister and Nobel Prize Abiy Ahmed three years ago. The UN wants massacres of civilians by the Ethiopian and Eritrean armies to be…
There have been close to twelve peace agreements but they have failed to bring about significant long-term peace in the country. The future of peace and stability in South Sudan will very much depend on…
An interwoven series of criminal gangs, terrorist groups, traffickers of all sorts, networks of illegal commerce, African gold passes through the Emirates. Gold represents the best investment during great economic and financial crises. The past…
John Campbell, a Senior fellow for Africa Policy Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, recently wrote a book on Nigeria (“Nigeria and the Nation-State - Rethinking diplomacy with the postcolonial world”). A career diplomat,…
The most important period of the year for Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia is the Lent fast leading up to the Easter feast. Easter, known as Fasika, will fall on 2 May this year corresponding to…
A museum project has been launched this year under the care of architect David Adjaye who wishes to give value to the cultural heritage of the ancient kingdom of Benin (XII-XIX centuries), of which Edo…
In a spectacular turnaround, the former President Kabila who was still in control of the institutions through proxies two years after the Presidential election, has been eventually side-lined. Tshisekedi whom he helped to become President…
Maritime piracy in the Gulf of Guinea is a threat not only to the welfare of seafarers and ship-owners, but also to the politics and the economy of coastal states. Some of them depend on…
An unstable region. “Young people abandoned to themselves find a solution to their problems in Jihadism. Jihadism feeds on injustice, poverty and misery”. The words of Father Arvedo Godina of the White Fathers who has…
The glowing coals give off a wonderful aroma: the smell of the incense fills churches, temples and baths. The best sort comes from Somaliland. Entire villages earn their living from the sale of the precious…
In his last Encyclical, “Fratelli Tutti”, (“Brothers All”), Pope Francis is calling for a new world society, characterised by fraternity and social friendship. Africa has much to contribute to the shaping of the…
A Sunday with Father Anthony Assebiah, Parish Priest of Beyin in Kengen, Southern Ghana. As soon as we reached the pier, we boarded an old rowing boat. Rowing powerfully and confidently, Stephen, the young catechist,…
The yearly UN climate summit or Conference of the Parties (COP) produces international agreements that guide countries in their response to the climate crisis. At…
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Once upon a time, ages and ages ago, so long ago that the tiger had no stripes upon his back and the rabbit still had his…
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The 2022 African Youth Survey (AYS) sponsored by Ichikowitz Family Foundation, a leading African foundation encouraging active citizenship across the continent, shows how young Africans plan…
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