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News & Analysis | October 2024

DR Congo. On the verge of collapse.

Tshisekedi hires mercenaries, recruits militias, urges foreign armies to assist the Congolese troops to fight the rebel offensive but nothing seems to stop it. Since the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels resumed the war in the eastern province of North Kivu in 2021, the DRC government…

Dossier

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 the Antilles…

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 by the…

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 sites…

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 total Panamanian…

Churches

Richness of differences.

A reflection on the Pope's latest trip to the “peripheries of the…

World Mission Sunday. Pope Francis: “Come to the…

This year, World Mission Day is part of the final phase of…

Towards a Christianity with an African face.

Economic autonomy and autonomy of thought. These are the prerequisites for facing…

A Priest for the World.

Giuseppe Allamano, founder of the Consolata Missionaries will be canonized on October…

Culture

Music. Apple Music’s list no African artists.

Apple Music's latest list of the 100 greatest albums of all…

Herbs & Plants. Combretum molle. A source of medicinal mumuye gum.

It has been used in traditional medicine since time immemorial for…

Uganda. Ngabi Clan the King’s Massage Therapists and Herd’s men.

Buganda Kingdom is found in Central Uganda and it’s the largest…

Sudan. Art against war.

Marked by decades of political instability and conflict, Sudanese artists narrate…

Opinion & Comment

China’s Africa Strategy.

African allies are the potential linchpin in Beijing's hands to globalize its interests. This is why…

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USA Presidential elections. For the Palestinians, nothing will change.

American administrations have always been close to the state of Israel. Democrats and Republicans adopt more…

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Advocacy

Angie Torres. A refugee among refugees.

Forced to flee Colombia, she has managed to rebuild her life in Ecuador. Now she defends the human rights of migrants and in particular of…

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Baobab

Brazil. The violin's sound.

There was a man who had an only son. When the man died, the son was left all alone in the world. There were not many…

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Youth & Mission

What do Africa's youth have to say about the future…

The latest African Youth Survey from the Ichikowitz Family Foundation, a leading African foundation promoting active citizenship across the continent, provides a comprehensive look at the…

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