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Danger of Jihadism.

The spread of terrorist actions across West Africa alarms the Ghanaian authorities. Experts argue that the…

01 Dec 2022, Dossier December 2022

Ghana. Uncertain Times.

Just a few years ago, Ghana was synonymous with development and stability. Today inflation, debt and…

01 Dec 2022, Dossier December 2022

Coexistence in respect and dialogue.

Interreligious dialogue is customary. Just like the comparison between the different ethnic components, also through institutional…

01 Dec 2022, Dossier December 2022

Catholic Church on the Synodal Way.

The Church, though still in its young age, is very dynamic, vibrant, and efficient. Two important…

01 Dec 2022, Dossier December 2022

Jamaica. ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy’.

This year Jamaica is celebrating 60 years of independence from the United Kingdom. A country that…

01 Nov 2022, Dossier November 2022

In the Hands of Local Gangs.

Within Kingston, gangs involved in drug trafficking, extortion, robbery, and the exploitation of prostitution have their…

01 Nov 2022, Dossier November 2022

Reggae, a Jamaican soft power.

Jamaica is a Parliamentary democracy and, as a member of the Commonwealth, it is also a…

01 Nov 2022, Dossier November 2022

Political and social instability.

During the 60 years in which the country has made itself autonomous from the motherland, there…

01 Nov 2022, Dossier November 2022

Industrial-scale piracy.

Foreign industries of transformation of fresh fish into fish meal and oil for export to European,…

01 Oct 2022, Dossier October 2022

Senegal. The Colours of the Pirogues.

The fishing sector is crucial both for socio-economic stability and for the food security of the…

01 Oct 2022, Dossier October 2022

Ancient methods.

Madj lights the flashlight on his head, tying hooks and lures to the ends of the…

01 Oct 2022, Dossier October 2022

Setting Sail.

The sun is about to set behind the houses that, in the distance, appear on the…

01 Oct 2022, Dossier October 2022

The identity ‘card’.

The latest census of India, that of 2011, indicates that 79.9 per cent of Indians identify…

01 Sep 2022, Dossier September 2022

Socio-economic imbalances.

Unlike most countries with a medium or high level of development, India has a population that…

01 Sep 2022, Dossier September 2022

India. A Country in Transition.

With an evident crisis in the availability of widely distributed agricultural production from Ukraine as a…

01 Sep 2022, Dossier September 2022

The Path of Reforms.

A country like India that aspires, at least in Asia, to be the first competitor of…

01 Sep 2022, Dossier September 2022

New political openings.

Suriname is a unitary Republic with executive power vested in the President of the Republic, who…

01 Aug 2022, Dossier August 2022

Suriname. A Multi-coloured Country.

It is the smallest country in South America with a population of just over 600,000 inhabitants…

01 Aug 2022, Dossier August 2022

Ethnic Variety.

The period of Dutch colonization made the country one of the main crossroads of both the…

01 Aug 2022, Dossier August 2022

Immense Natural Resources.

Suriname is a country rich in natural resources in terms of biodiversity, fresh water, raw materials,…

01 Aug 2022, Dossier August 2022

Economy. Unsustainable Extractivism.

The oil industry is at the heart of the Angolan economy. But it benefits only the…

01 Jul 2022, Dossier July 2022

The Church Raises the Voice.

Since independence, the Church has been somewhat close to the MPLA, although it has always opposed…

01 Jul 2022, Dossier July 2022

Unpredictable Elections.

The result of next August’s elections cannot be taken for granted. About 14 million Angolans will…

01 Jul 2022, Dossier July 2022

Angola. A Country and Its Contradictions.

In the African context, Angola, a country with a population of over 33 million inhabitants, has…

01 Jul 2022, Dossier July 2022

The churches. Lost engagement.

They have lost the prophetic voice they had in the days of apartheid. They have no…

01 Jun 2022, Dossier June 2022

Economy. The COVID-19 Challenge.

The country is divided between two worlds, the world of the poor and the world of…

01 Jun 2022, Dossier June 2022

The Unending Saga of Jacob Zuma.

The former president faces two important trials. At the moment, he has only been in prison…

01 Jun 2022, Dossier June 2022

South Africa. A Bitter Season.

Next December, the African National Congress will hold its five-yearly elective conference. President Cyril Ramaphosa will…

01 Jun 2022, Dossier June 2022

The Philippines. Towards a new “Flowers and Rosaries Revolution”.

On May 9, the Philippines will be the scene of multiple elections that will have particular importance…

01 May 2022, Dossier May 2022

Duterte, the Executioner.

In office since June 30, 2016, despite the criticisms, Duterte ‘the executioner’ seemed unstoppable. After having won…

01 May 2022, Dossier May 2022

Internal Conflicts.

Once again, on May 9, the Filipinos will also bring persistent situations to the polls which,…

01 May 2022, Dossier May 2022

The Catholic Church.

The motto of the 500th anniversary year was ‘Missio ad Gentes’, to show that the story…

01 May 2022, Dossier May 2022

The Great Federation.

The Emirate Federation, created in 1971 out of the union of the six monarchies (seven since…

01 Apr 2022, Dossier April 2022

The United Arab Emirates. The Pearl Necklace.

The history of the United Arab Emirates is unique in the scenario of the Near Middle…

01 Apr 2022, Dossier April 2022

Strategic geopolitical position.

The strategic asset of the United Arab Emirates finds its place in the broader security strategy…

01 Apr 2022, Dossier April 2022

Diversifying the Economy.

During the past decade, the United Arab Emirates has brought to the fore an important process…

01 Apr 2022, Dossier April 2022

Nomads and Farmers, Old and New Fights in Africa.

In the last years one of the different ethnicities that live on the continent was put…

01 Mar 2022, Dossier March 2022

Peuls, as foreigners.

Nomadism caused Peuls to move between different areas that, after the decolonization, became independent states. While…

01 Mar 2022, Dossier March 2022

The Enemy Inside.

The fight is not only between Peuls and other groups. In many areas there is also…

01 Mar 2022, Dossier March 2022

The crisis of chieftaincy.

The crisis of traditional authorities is a common phenomenon in many northern areas in West African…

01 Mar 2022, Dossier March 2022

Africa. The Rural Market.

In the world of rural Africa, the market is not just a place for buying and…

01 Feb 2022, Dossier February 2022

Urban Markets.

Approaching the market of any African city, the visitor is immediately involved. The eyes are struck…

01 Feb 2022, Dossier February 2022

West Africa. The Variety of the Markets.

In some rural areas of the Sahel such as the Mossi plateau in the north of…

01 Feb 2022, Dossier February 2022

The Market. Where Women Reign Supreme.

It is still dark when Esther rises. The children are still asleep and her husband murmurs…

01 Feb 2022, Dossier February 2022

Economy. Dynamic Development.

The country is extremely rich in water resources and minerals. The latter have featured largely in…

01 Jan 2022, Dossier January 2022

Azerbaijan. Land of Fire.

Azerbaijan is a Caucasian republic located in the south-east, straddling Asia and Europe, in an extremely…

01 Jan 2022, Dossier January 2022

A Long Chess Game.

In the autumn of 2020, the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan again broke out violently causing…

01 Jan 2022, Dossier January 2022

The Karabakh Conflict.

In 1917, ownership of the region of Karabakh was claimed by the new-born republics of Armenia…

01 Jan 2022, Dossier January 2022

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Dossier articles from the past 3 months

Ecuador. A state of emergency.

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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Colombia. The difficult change.

The new progressive executive is the spokesperson of ‘los nadies’, the marginalized, the “nobodies”, including Afro-Colombians. Many reforms are designed to create greater social justice. But they clash with a parliament in the hands of the opposition. After more than two hundred years of republican history characterized by political violence and conservative and oligarchic governments,…

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Afro-descendants. Still a long way to go.

With December, the decade (2015-2024) dedicated by the United Nations to Afro-descendants ends. Little has been done. Injustice and poverty still have an Afro face. Latin America and the Caribbean make up the most “biodiverse” region in the world. By biodiversity we mean not only flora and fauna but also ethnodiversity. The region’s multi-ethnic range…

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Nicaragua. Silent and silenced minority.

The constitution and laws should protect their rights. In reality, this is not the case: because of confiscated land, 70% of these Afro-descendants live below the poverty line, their language is threatened with extinction and their human rights are systematically violated. The Garifuna are an Afro-indigenous people originally from the island of Saint Vincent, but…

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Historic cities. Mali. Timbuktu, the City of 333 Saints.

In all religions, we find cities called “holy” due to the presence of the supernatural within their walls. We can mention Jerusalem for Christians and Jews, Mecca and Medina for Muslims, Benares for Hinduism and Sarnah for Buddhism in India, etc. But Timbuktu is called holy by the sages and believers who have lived there…

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Historic cities. Senegal. Saint Louis. The Venice of Africa.

Saint Louis, washed by the Senegal River and the Atlantic Ocean, is the most aquatic city on the West African coast. Today Saint Louis is a city of 250,000 inhabitants. Its charm is unquestionable, it is one of those places where you feel good as soon as you arrive, without knowing exactly why. Built and…

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Historic cities. Niger. Agadez, “’to pay a visit”.

 “Where the weight of centuries can be felt in every street and where you can smell the aroma of history”. Salt, gold, slaves and ivory were the most sought-after products from West Africa: once they reached the shores of the Mediterranean, they were sold and exchanged for manufactured goods and cereals that returned south of…

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The Panama Canal.

The Panamanian economy, like domestic and international politics, is strongly linked to the activities of the canal and the services connected to it. It is no coincidence that, compared to the rest of the region, the agricultural sector is not particularly widespread and that since the 2000s, the period in which the Canal came under…

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The New President.

Panama is a presidential Republic, divided into 9 provinces and 3 indigenous districts, in which the legislative functions are entrusted to a government, led by the president and a single-camera parliament (National Assembly) made up of 71 deputies, elected with a mixed electoral system whose mandate lasts five years. The president is also elected directly…

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A crucible of peoples.

Its geographical location, historical processes and economic and commercial developments have made Panama a true melting pot of cultures, in which the mestizo constitute over half of the population, while the Afro-descendants amount to around a fifth. The latter arrived there to work on the sugar plantations and were subsequently also employed on the construction…

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Republic of Panama. The Hub of the Americas.

The geographical location gives the country considerable strategic importance. The Panama Canal. The migration crisis. The challenges of the new president The Republic of Panama constitutes the last section of the isthmus of Central America, as well as a link between different realities and geographical areas. In fact, it is bordered to the north by…

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Advocacy

Myanmar. Paul Sein Twa. Preserving Ancestral Territory.

“What we would like to achieve when we talk about peace. Peace means self-determination. Peace means biological conservation. Peace means revitalization of our culture and…

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Baobab

Inca. The Island of the Sun.

At that time Viracocha, the creator God, looked down upon the earth. He saw it was bare, shrouded in impenetrable darkness, for daylight did not yet…

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Youth & Mission

Celebrating African youth.

“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…

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