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A Journey through the Kunama Culture.

The Kunama ethnic group resides mainly in the Gash-Barka region of Eritrea, between the Gash and…

01 Jun 2023, Dossier June 2023

The Celebration of Marriage.

After the initiation ceremony (Anfura-la) or the passage from adolescence to youth, the young Kunama sets…

01 Jun 2023, Dossier June 2023

Religious Belief among the Kunama.

When the Kunama are asked: ‘Ayshila mekobino?’, they reply: ‘Ánnala'la makobinke’ (we believe in God). The…

01 Jun 2023, Dossier June 2023

Getting out. The purification of the mother.

The life of the Kunama, from birth to old age – and even after death, is…

01 Jun 2023, Dossier June 2023

Between terrorist threats and Unsolved problems.

The political instability seen before, the ethnic tensions both in the country and in the region,…

01 May 2023, Dossier May 2023

Ivory Coast. An uncertain future.

A leading country in West Africa, Ivory Coast has weaknesses that could not only block economic…

01 May 2023, Dossier May 2023

Open wounds.

The wounds caused by the two civil wars are still open since they have not yet…

01 May 2023, Dossier May 2023

Ivory Coast and France.

The prolonged phase of unrest reduced the influence of Ivory Coast on the international scene. During…

01 May 2023, Dossier May 2023

The extermination of the Mayan communities.

The political instability that affected the country following the 1954 coup d'état reached its peak in…

01 Apr 2023, Dossier April 2023

Guatemala. A Wounded Country.

A past full of violence and abuse. Drug trafficking, corruption, weak or non-existent institutions. Meanwhile, next…

01 Apr 2023, Dossier April 2023

Migrants.

Among the many problems afflicting Guatemala, there is certainly also the migratory phenomenon. In fact, Guatemala, in…

01 Apr 2023, Dossier April 2023

Economic and Social Crisis.

Today, Guatemala continues to deal with a highly precarious social situation that places the country in…

01 Apr 2023, Dossier April 2023

How Climate Change Affects Girls and Young Women.

Drought, floods, abnormal heat waves. Today we are faced with a climate crisis that is unprecedented…

01 Mar 2023, Dossier March 2023

Girls and Young Women. Broken Lives.

The waves break gently on the shore. The crystal-clear water glistens invitingly under the rays of…

01 Mar 2023, Dossier March 2023

Education for Girls. A Challenge to Learning Poverty.

Despite the extraordinary progress made in the last 25 years, there are still 129 million girls…

01 Mar 2023, Dossier March 2023

Precocious Marriages. Increasing Due to Crises.

The terrible drought which - for the third year in a row - plagues the Horn…

01 Mar 2023, Dossier March 2023

São Tomé and Príncipe. A Lost Paradise.

São Tomé and Príncipe, a former Portuguese colony, is among the smallest independent states in the…

01 Feb 2023, Dossier February 2023

The shadow of China.

The economy of São Tomè and Princìpe is poor. The main resources are linked to the…

01 Feb 2023, Dossier February 2023

The political and economic problems.

Having obtained independence from the mother country, the country was led for 16 years by a…

01 Feb 2023, Dossier February 2023

A long road to Independence.

The islands of São Tomé and Príncipe were deserted until their discovery by Portuguese navigators. Even…

01 Feb 2023, Dossier February 2023

The Cities of Africa. Urban and Decolonial.

The key to understanding the growth of cities in the African continent. At a frenetic pace, Africa…

01 Jan 2023, Dossier January 2023

The Role of Secondary Cities. Trait d’union between development and…

Half of the African urban residents live in one of the more than 7,500 medium or…

01 Jan 2023, Dossier January 2023

Cities and New Models of Migration.

The economic or educational prospects offered by African cities are fundamental to the urban growth that…

01 Jan 2023, Dossier January 2023

Re-inventing Flexible Cities.

 The art of getting by with countless informal activities not only affects the economy or daily…

01 Jan 2023, Dossier January 2023

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

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

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

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

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Dossier articles from the past 3 months

USA. The Space Force.

China and Russia’s advances have prompted the United States to bolster its own efforts in the quest for space and maintain the supremacy, which represents a key aspect of its global pretences. In this perspective, President Donald Trump announced on December 20 that the United States would equip itself with a Space Force to defend…

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Russia. An Ambitious Space Program.

Russia, which in Soviet times pioneered space exploration in 1957 with the launch of the first artificial satellite (Sputnik 1), continues to pursue an ambitious space program (also through significant investments in the technology sector). Having 146 operational infrastructures at its disposal, Moscow ranks third in launching satellites in orbit, after the United States and…

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Cyberspace in the New Geopolitical Balance.

Space has witnessed an intensifying level of economic-strategic activity as related to defense, protecting territory and other vital assets, which make it an arena for geopolitical competition. In fact, today, Space has created a new paradigm, aside from the more familiar contexts of land and sea, against the backdrop of which major global actors compete.…

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China. The Great Game.

The logic used by super powers in space is not an exclusively competitive one. In fact, there is a very rich level of cooperation between them, due to the fact that, unlike the case of economic competition, scientific research requires synergies. In this regard, the ESA (European Space Agency) is a good example of cooperation…

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Uganda. A journey into Buganda’s cultural heritage.

The Buganda are a bantu speaking ethnic group found in Uganda. They are a very dominant group and account for 17% of the country’s population of 34.6 million people. The present day Buganda was known as Muwaawa and this was because it was believed to be a sparsely populated area before the 12th century. They…

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Births as a successful family.

Birth in Buganda is very important because it is the yard stick that measures a successful marriage, no childless marriage is considered successful. A man would be asked to get another wife if his wife failed to give him fruits of the womb, and she would be considered a useless woman. The more children a…

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Bulgaria. Social breakdown.

The Bulgarian demographic crisis is the one that is most critical due to the speed at which it is taking place. Here, too, there is a high probability that in the near future the Romani may become the most numerous ethnic group in the country. In this regard, the United Nations predict that in Bulgaria,…

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The Romani People in the Balkans.

The Balkans and central Eastern Europe are experiencing the most serious and sudden drop in population in the world. Actually, for more than twenty years, the birth rates have been constantly declining and have recently reached the critical threshold which, according to experts, may not guarantee generational replacement. The factors which determine this change are…

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Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Fragile countries.

Serbian demography is also following the trend of the other surrounding countries, registering a considerable decline in population, something that involves especially the citizens belonging to the Serbian ethnic group. Demographic studies inform us that, in the period from 1991 to 2011, the population changed from 8,010,000 to 7,186,000, while the population of autochthonous citizens…

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Romania. Failure to integrate.

Romania, with its 19.6 million inhabitants, is going through a shocking demographic depopulation crisis. If the present pace were to continue, according to calculations made by the Romanian National Statistics Institute, the population would be reduced by around eight million in a matter of forty years, to below eleven million by 2060. According to experts,…

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Ethnic Groups and Religions.

A country of striking and changing landscapes, extremes of climate and environment, in tourism, Mongolia has an important source of income which threatens and simultaneously assists the permanence of traditions and ways of living that are threatened anyway. The first threat is that of the population gradually becoming sedentary. Among these are many ethnic groups,…

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Mongolia. An Unstable Democracy.

The advisability, possibility and feasibility of the elections for the new Mongolian parliament, the single house Grand Hural with 76 seats, planned for 24 June and presently unconfirmed, are inevitably intertwined with the ongoing emergency due to the spread of the Covid-19. The spread has reached epidemic proportions though, in Mongolia, it has been somewhat…

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Advocacy

Semia Gharbi. Fighting against eco-mafias.

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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Baobab

The swallow brings the summer.

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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Youth & Mission

Pope Leo and the Youth.

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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