It is important to create an atmosphere of mutual understanding, acceptance and collaboration between the various groups. Therefore, it is necessary first of all to work on the level of conscience formation. It is about helping people to break out of stereotypes by training people in a personal transformation through the suppression and change of…
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It is used in traditional medicine to treat and prevent a wide range of ailments. It is native to Africa and is found in grasslands and semi-shaded areas. Dichrocephala integrifolia (Family Asteraceae) is an erect or spreading, aromatic annual plant growing to an average of 40cm in height. It often branches freely at the base,…
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The Tassili Ajjer massif is home to the world’s largest rock art museum and incredible rock formations shaped over millions of years. And in the Hoggar Mountains, you walk between earth and sky, enveloped in silence. Southern Algeria is a treasure chest of secrets. In this remote area of the Sahara, between the geological folds…
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The image of the Santo Niño is a symbol of Filipino devotion, rooted in the traditions and history of Catholicism in the Philippines. This year, it will be celebrated on 19 January. The origin of the Santo Niño devotion dates back to 1565, 44 years after the Christian faith was brought to the Philippine archipelago…
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The Vincentian Family in Lobito runs several projects and initiatives in the fields of education, health, training and charity, which give life to thousands of people in the most marginalised areas of this coastal city in Angola. We went to visit them. We are in Kassai, one of the poorest neighbourhoods of Lobito, in the…
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It belongs to the Pedaliaceae plant family and is commonly called Devil’s claw, grapple plant, or wood spider. It is a rare, highly valuable plant that is only widely spread in the Kalahari Desert of Southern Africa, especially in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. Harpagophytum procumbens is a perennial ground herb that…
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Successive governments have failed to improve the political and economic conditions of Afro-Ecuadorians. Drug-related crime is making their conditions even worse. Afro-Ecuadorians represent approximately 7-10% of Ecuador’s total population. This means that there are between 1.2 and 1.75 million Afro-descendants in a country of approximately 17.5 million people. Most of this population is concentrated in…
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Contact with nature is omnipresent in the culture and the local population. The country still has a predominantly rural identity, although development and its consequences are changing the direct relationship with nature. Cultural notes. In the cities of Cambodia and, in particular, in the capital Phnom Penh, which is becoming a true modern megalopolis, the…
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Israel is one of the world leaders in the production and export of digital surveillance technologies. To develop them, it can count on the only such laboratory in the world: the Palestinian territories occupied and militarized for decades. The famous spyware Pegasus by the company NSO Group, for example, allows its users to collect and…
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According to United Nations (UN) data, approximately 134 million people of African descent live in the Americas and many millions more on other continents. Whether descendants of victims of slavery, more recent migrants or descendants of migrants, they are among the poorest and most marginalized communities in the world and have high mortality rates. To…
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The UN is currently working on a draft “World Declaration on People of African Descent”, with the effective participation of Member States and civil society organizations. The document, entirely dedicated to the collective rights of the African diaspora, will be the first international legal instrument to promote the preservation of their identities, ancestral territories, cultures…
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“Young Africans are playing an active role in bringing social change in the continent. They are contributing daily to the benefit of their communities and nations across Africa.” Africa boasts the world’s youngest population with more than sixty percent of its children aged below 25. It is estimated that by 2030, young Africans are expected…
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She played a key role in a campaign that challenged a corrupt waste trafficking scheme between Italy and Tunisia, resulting in the return of 6,000…
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The Black and white swallow flew high up in the clear, blue sky, wheeling and diving, his fast, pointed wings carrying him at a great speed. Swallow…
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Welcoming, listening and guiding. Some characteristics of Pope Leo with the youth During the years when Father Robert Francis Prevost was pastor of the church of Our…
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