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 perspectives, hopes and concerns of young people in 16 African countries. Now in its third iteration, the 2024 Survey reveals both encouraging signs of optimism as well as ongoing…
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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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This year, World Mission Day is part of the final phase of the “Synod on Synodality” being held in Rome. The theme chosen by Pope Francis is “Go and invite everyone to the banquet” (Mt 22: 9). In his message, Pope Francis gives a special meaning to World Mission Day, which is celebrated on October…
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The loss of the absolute majority by the African National Congress (ANC) is the most serious setback in the region for a movement that led the wars of liberation against white regimes. Could something similar happen in neighbouring countries? The South African elections last May marked a turning point in the history of Southern Africa.…
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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 women, who often suffer violence and have fewer opportunities. Some stories keep hope alive, especially when, despite enormous initial difficulties, they reveal the possibility of significant changes that alter the…
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Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo is the heir apparent of Amlo, the outgoing president. She will lead the second country in Latin America by population. Many challenges to face from corruption to violence. From October 1st, Claudia Sheinbaum, will lead Mexico. In the elections of June 2nd, she clearly beat (36 million votes against 16.5, over 30…
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Buganda Kingdom is found in Central Uganda and it’s the largest and oldest traditional kingdom in Uganda today. This kingdom is made up of 52 clans that make up the tribe of the Baganda People. Each clan has roles and duties in the Kabaka’s Place. We look at the Ngabi clan. The Ngabi (Antelope) Clan…
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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 possessions – just a cat and a dog, a small piece of land and some orange trees. The boy gave the dog to a neighbour and sold the land…
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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 has lost large swathes of territory. By September 2024, the rebels…
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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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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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Economic autonomy and autonomy of thought. These are the prerequisites for facing the great challenges that the Church of Africa is experiencing today. The Vice-rector of the Catholic University of West Africa, Father Benjamin Akotia, talks to us about it. Father Akotia is originally from Togo, but he is used to discussing and exchanging views…
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When asked how a farmer’s daughter who became a Catholic nun ended up as one of Brazil’s most influential refugee advocates, Sister Rosita Milesi, 79,…
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Vusi was an honest man and a hard worker. He had cleared a large piece of moorland and turned it into a beautiful fertile field. He…
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On 24 November, the Solemnity of Christ the King, on the occasion of World Youth Day in the Particular Churches, in St. Peter's Basilica the traditional…
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