In northern Kenya, in the Samburu region, many young girls…
01 Mar 2023, Churches March 2023
The Acholi people live in Northern Uganda. They have a…
01 Mar 2023, Culture March 2023
“Africa: it is not a mine to be exploited or…
01 Mar 2023, Churches March 2023
Three African women speak of their social commitment. Kenyan Catherine…
01 Mar 2023, News March 2023
The sale of the logistics segment to the Mediterranean Shipping…
01 Mar 2023, News March 2023
The country is embarking on a vast Cybercity project and…
01 Mar 2023, News March 2023
Every Saturday they meet in a modest place where they…
01 Mar 2023, Culture March 2023
To politicians: “It is time to move from words to…
01 Mar 2023, Churches March 2023
The presence of American soldiers on the field is still…
01 Feb 2023, News February 2023
Sewing and fabrics speak of Ghana, not only for the…
01 Feb 2023, News February 2023
The wealth generated by the abundance of water has not…
01 Feb 2023, News February 2023
It is one of the most popular and unique dance…
01 Feb 2023, Culture February 2023
São Tomé and Príncipe, a former Portuguese colony, is among…
01 Feb 2023, Dossier February 2023
The economy of São Tomè and Princìpe is poor. The…
01 Feb 2023, Dossier February 2023
The country has the ambition to become the world leader…
01 Feb 2023, News February 2023
Having obtained independence from the mother country, the country was…
01 Feb 2023, Dossier February 2023
The islands of São Tomé and Príncipe were deserted until…
01 Feb 2023, Dossier February 2023
The key to understanding the growth of cities in the…
01 Jan 2023, Dossier January 2023
This plant has been used in various parts of Africa…
01 Jan 2023, Culture January 2023
Elections in the most populated country of the continent, Nigeria,…
01 Jan 2023, News January 2023
Half of the African urban residents live in one of…
01 Jan 2023, Dossier January 2023
The parish of St Daniel Comboni is located in the…
01 Jan 2023, Churches January 2023
It is a nation with a Protestant majority, with a…
01 Jan 2023, Churches January 2023
The economic or educational prospects offered by African cities are…
01 Jan 2023, Dossier January 2023
The outbreak of war in Ukraine showed that a conflict…
01 Jan 2023, News January 2023
The art of getting by with countless informal activities not…
01 Jan 2023, Dossier January 2023
Today the challenges multiply in African cities while their inhabitants…
01 Dec 2022, News December 2022
The spread of terrorist actions across West Africa alarms the…
01 Dec 2022, Dossier December 2022
Through his cartoons, Jonathan Shapiro (Zapiro) has been campaigning against…
01 Dec 2022, Culture December 2022
Johannesburg or Joburg, as it is called, is one of…
01 Dec 2022, News December 2022
More than 300 African researchers have conducted research of considerable…
01 Dec 2022, News December 2022
Just a few years ago, Ghana was synonymous with development…
01 Dec 2022, Dossier December 2022
Soweto Theatre is a community space where new generations of…
01 Dec 2022, Culture December 2022
Interreligious dialogue is customary. Just like the comparison between the…
01 Dec 2022, Dossier December 2022
The Church, though still in its young age, is very…
01 Dec 2022, Dossier December 2022
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
The fishing sector is crucial both for socio-economic stability and…
01 Oct 2022, Dossier October 2022
Foreign industries of transformation of fresh fish into fish meal…
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
Off the southern coast of Mozambique, there lies an uncontaminated…
01 Jun 2022, Culture June 2022
From Zimbabwe to South Africa and Kenya, Women Rangers are…
01 Jun 2022, News 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 entrance, the large open space where they practise all is harmony and serenity at Circus Zambia. It is here that hundreds of youngsters learn the arts…
Beyond the government's policy statements, the country will not start turning its back on fossil fuels in the short term. There is too much impact on employment.This has been confirmed by the Minister of Minerals…
Many shrines and pilgrimage sites in honour of the Virgin Mary have sprung up throughout the African continent. Seven cases of Marian apparitions have been reported, the most famous and officially recognised is that of…
The oldest desert in the world: a sea of sand caressed by ubiquitous fog. It seems to be desolate and unfit for human habitation. Appearances may be deceptive. Hidden in the heart of the Namib…
Making the most populous city in the country an example of urban planning and environmental balance. To improve the quality of life for all. This is the challenge that Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, as the Mayor of…
In Mali seeking the ancient capital of the Tuareg. It was once one of the most populated and richest of the trans-Sahara cities in West Africa. Tuareg: the mythical name means ‘abandoned by God’, the name which…
The interests of multinationals often coincide with those of the leaders of some countries. Chad and Glencore, among the largest commodity trading companies in the world, could be an example. The agreement of the government of…
Africa is probably the place in the world where oral tradition has had the greatest influence on the preservation and transmission of knowledge. The continent has a long tradition of writing which, in some places,…
There are over one hundred priests serving on the African continent who have left the Patriarchate of Alexandria (Egypt) to move to that of Moscow. The Russian Patriarch Kirill I, very loyal to Putin, was…
An effective treatment for skin infections, sores, and itches. Its common name is Nile tulip. It is an evergreen shrub or small tree of about 15 m in height with a narrow, irregular crown and…
In the past, it was community work in which everyone was involved in the Buganda kingdom. Today the major activity at the Bulungi Bwansi is planting trees to restore the forests. Every clan in Buganda had…
In the last years one of the different ethnicities that live on the continent was put under the spotlight in West and Central Africa due to the violence and turmoil that other groups attribute to…
Nomadism caused Peuls to move between different areas that, after the decolonization, became independent states. While normally the farmers developed links and attachment to the new states, many herders kept on moving between the borders…
It is the new frontier of the Google and Facebook Web colossi that will invest billions of dollars in infrastructure to cable the continent. Possibilities and questions. It is called 2Africa – but it is also…
The Al Mowafaqa Ecumenical Institute of Theology in Rabat, created at the initiative of the only two officially recognised churches in Morocco, the Catholic Church and the Evangelical Church, wants to be a unique experience…
For years now, tens of thousands of tons of electric and electronic material have been poured into the continent resulting in environmental pollution and damage to people’s health. Now, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and…
France and the EU announced the withdrawal of their troops from Mali. The jihadists may reap the benefits. Already, coastal states are under threat. On the 17 February 2022, ahead of the EU-Africa summit in Brussels,…
Since the 2011 Arab uprisings, Christians in Egypt have lived on a knife edge as they cannot rely on the country’s authorities whose policies fail to protect them. Today in Egypt the Coptic Christian population is…
The fight is not only between Peuls and other groups. In many areas there is also an inner fight within the community. Younger generations coming especially from the lower castes of the community refuse the role…
The crisis of traditional authorities is a common phenomenon in many northern areas in West African countries and is not limited to Peuls. In addition to the factors listed above, traditional leaders lost their authoritativeness…
The Mozambican, Severino Elias Ngoenha, the main exponent of African philosophical thinking in Portuguese-speaking Africa, tells of his journey of research and the challenges of modern African thinking which ‘must be capable of finding adequate…
The continent of Africa is endowed with plenty of important medicinal plants. One of such plants is Aerva lanata (L.) A. L. Juss. ex Schultes (Family Amaranthaceae) which has been used since time immemorial for a…
A panorama of the newspapers founded by African intellectuals who gave and are still giving a black tone to cultural and literary production. To change the narrative on Africa, it is necessary to have spaces where…
The situation of Christians in Egypt is that of a varied minority. They do not always succeed in living as brothers and sisters. Nevertheless, the reality of encounter and fraternity is a real possibility. The…
In the world of rural Africa, the market is not just a place for buying and selling or commercial exchange. All over the continent, the market is a place characterised by an intense celebration of social…
In the context of the US military presence in Taiwan and US Navy incursions in the China Sea, Beijing’ s plans to set up a naval base in Equatorial Guinea is rising tensions between both…
There are more than two hundred radio, from Angola to Zambia reaching millions of people. They promote peace, human rights, education, health, and development. They endeavour to heal the wounds of traumas. They are the voice…
Approaching the market of any African city, the visitor is immediately involved. The eyes are struck by the gaudy colours of thousands of objects, clothes, fruit of all kinds piled up everywhere, the continual sounds…
Christians and Muslims work together to prevent Islamic radicalism from taking hold in the country. We met some religious leaders. Abdoulaye Ouasselegue, currently Imam of the Petevo mosque in Bangui, quoted the prophet Muhammad during a…
In some rural areas of the Sahel such as the Mossi plateau in the north of Burkina Faso, or in the region of Atakora in northern Benin, one has the impression of never coming across…
Johannesburg, often associated with skyscrapers, insecurity, crime, begging, and in some areas, difficult access to basic services such as electricity or water, boasts more than 10,000 street stalls and shops selling books. The Bridge Books bookstore,…
It is still dark when Esther rises. The children are still asleep and her husband murmurs something inaudible. Today is market day. She fills a large basket with produce from her field. She hopes to…
After the expropriations of the lands of the white ranchers during the Mugabe era, the aristocratic von Pezold family is on the trail of compensation and new deals. Thanks to the policy change by President…
In the Congolese capital, as in the rest of the country, cultural spaces are almost non-existent. Kin ArtStudio is therefore an exception with its aim of stimulating and creating a place where various artists can…
Symbol of non-violent resistance to apartheid and the creation of a new nation, Tutu (1931-2021, Nobel Peace prize-winner for 1984) took the path of dialogue and forgiveness. Right to the end, he was the guardian…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Congolese activist and jurist Yvette Mushigo is the coordinator of the Synergie des Femmes pour la Paix et la Réconciliation (SPR), a network of…
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At the foot of the Atlas Mountains, a mountainous massif in the Western Sahara, there was a powerful kingdom ruled by a sheikh as wise as…
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Looking at the hands with which a different future can be built, Pope Francis suggests "five ingredients for the future", like the five fingers. In the stadium…
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