It belongs to the Pedaliaceae plant family and is commonly…
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It is the fourth largest economy on the continent but…
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In all religions, we find cities called "holy" due to…
01 Nov 2024, Dossier November 2024
The city is called the "blue and white city" for…
01 Nov 2024, Dossier November 2024
Rich as it is in renewable energy sources, the country…
01 Nov 2024, News November 2024
Saint Louis, washed by the Senegal River and the Atlantic…
01 Nov 2024, Dossier November 2024
When you look at some African art, you may wonder…
01 Nov 2024, Culture November 2024
Moving from specialised sections to the international scene. The great…
01 Nov 2024, Culture November 2024
“Where the weight of centuries can be felt in every…
01 Nov 2024, Dossier November 2024
How can a monk be "missionary" if, by vocation, he…
01 Nov 2024, Churches November 2024
Egypt and Somalia are increasing their military cooperation to pressure…
01 Nov 2024, News November 2024
The loss of the absolute majority by the African National…
01 Oct 2024, News October 2024
Buganda Kingdom is found in Central Uganda and it’s the…
01 Oct 2024, Culture October 2024
Tshisekedi hires mercenaries, recruits militias, urges foreign armies to assist…
01 Oct 2024, News October 2024
Economic autonomy and autonomy of thought. These are the prerequisites…
01 Oct 2024, Churches October 2024
It has been used in traditional medicine since time immemorial…
01 Oct 2024, Culture October 2024
Marked by decades of political instability and conflict, Sudanese artists…
01 Oct 2024, Culture October 2024
Economic crisis. The burden of foreign debt. Education in collapse.…
01 Oct 2024, News October 2024
Apple Music's latest list of the 100 greatest albums of…
01 Oct 2024, Culture October 2024
The city in the north of the country is the…
01 Sep 2024, News September 2024
The Longonjo mine is attracting interest from foreign governments and…
01 Sep 2024, News September 2024
It is a small to medium semi-deciduous to deciduous tree…
01 Sep 2024, Culture September 2024
The tents of the desert inhabitants are a concentration of…
01 Sep 2024, Culture September 2024
Moscow responds to Europe's embargo by finding new landing places…
01 Sep 2024, News September 2024
The decline of the Western military presence in the Sahel…
01 Sep 2024, News September 2024
In southern Malawi, on the border with Mozambique, an imposing…
01 Aug 2024, News August 2024
In Africa, there is no separation between the sacred and…
01 Aug 2024, Churches August 2024
It is an erect, branching, soft, slightly aromatic, annual herb…
01 Aug 2024, Culture August 2024
The first port in West Africa, faces a number of…
01 Aug 2024, News August 2024
In the regions bordering between Senegal and Mali, the gold…
01 Aug 2024, News August 2024
When southern spring blooms, the streets of Harare and Pretoria…
01 Aug 2024, Culture August 2024
In many African cultures, one cannot call directly the name…
01 Aug 2024, Culture August 2024
To cope with increasingly recurring droughts and animal deaths, the…
01 Jul 2024, Churches July 2024
It is East Africa's first port, but its development is…
01 Jul 2024, Dossier July 2024
The DRC government accuses Apple of buying conflict minerals and…
01 Jul 2024, News July 2024
The most serious threat is that the extremists will expand…
01 Jul 2024, News July 2024
As Africa's largest port, Durban faces many challenges that are…
01 Jul 2024, Dossier July 2024
A climate activist, a cultural producer and a writer. Three…
01 Jul 2024, News July 2024
Her sixth album, Mawja, returns to traditional sounds, reconnecting the…
01 Jul 2024, Culture July 2024
The Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants (CEPAMI) and…
01 Jul 2024, Churches July 2024
The Lagos complex, with the new Lekki container port and…
01 Jul 2024, Dossier July 2024
President Sissoco Embaló does not tolerate dissonant voices and continues…
01 Jul 2024, News July 2024
When the flocks of the carmine bee-eater arrive in the…
01 Jul 2024, Culture July 2024
Since colonial times, African ports have been the main gateway…
01 Jul 2024, Dossier July 2024
In traditional Africa, dance is more than entertainment. It is…
01 Jul 2024, Culture July 2024
Violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has…
01 Jun 2024, News June 2024
Since its foundation by the Spiritan Missionaries in 1928, the…
01 Jun 2024, Churches June 2024
In Saint Louis, in the north of Senegal, boat building…
01 Jun 2024, News June 2024
How to improve the relationship between local communities and the…
01 Jun 2024, News June 2024
The country has long been going through a phase of…
01 Jun 2024, Dossier June 2024
Distrust seems to be growing not only among ethnic groups…
01 Jun 2024, Dossier June 2024
In Burkina Faso, the terrorist threat emerged after 2015, the…
01 Jun 2024, Dossier June 2024
A cultural institution representing the Acholi chiefs. Their rules for…
01 Jun 2024, Culture June 2024
In the country's most populous city, Muslim prayer groups have…
01 Jun 2024, Churches June 2024
Akas pygmy men spend a lot of time with their…
01 Jun 2024, Culture June 2024
The Congolese judiciary threatened to prosecute the Archbishop of Kinshasa,…
01 Jun 2024, Churches June 2024
While the world's attention is focused on Ukraine and Gaza,…
01 Jun 2024, News June 2024
The Muslim religion is the unifying feature of Mauritanian culture…
01 May 2024, Dossier May 2024
The presidential elections, scheduled for June 22, constitute a test…
01 May 2024, Dossier May 2024
The Sisters who belong to the Slaves of the Divine…
01 May 2024, Churches May 2024
This infrastructure will change the trade routes of Southern Africa.…
01 May 2024, News May 2024
In recent years the inhabitants of this northern city have…
01 May 2024, Culture May 2024
The two ethnic groups of the Agni-Baulé in Ivory Coast…
01 May 2024, Culture May 2024
Nouakchott has not suffered large-scale attacks for 12 years. There…
01 May 2024, Dossier May 2024
The marriage of the Kabaka of Buganda renews his royal…
01 May 2024, Culture May 2024
The country is closely watching the ongoing tensions in the…
01 May 2024, News May 2024
The government is focusing on green hydrogen to diversify the…
01 May 2024, Dossier May 2024
Kidnapping for ransom has long become a real industry in…
01 Apr 2024, Churches April 2024
In the shade of the pyramids and minarets of Cairo,…
01 Apr 2024, Culture April 2024
Recycled material reigns supreme in Nike's modern art galleries in…
01 Apr 2024, Culture April 2024
Although colonization contributed to its urban development, Africa had already…
01 Apr 2024, Culture April 2024
Thirty years after Nelson Mandela’s election, South Africa will hold…
01 Apr 2024, News April 2024
This is the time necessary, according to Mireille Yoga, director…
01 Mar 2024, Churches March 2024
From the savannahs of Africa to the global cosmetics industry,…
01 Mar 2024, Culture March 2024
A political earthquake in the Middle East with strong repercussions,…
01 Mar 2024, News March 2024
The Manjak people are an ethnic group living in Guinea-Bissau.…
01 Mar 2024, Culture March 2024
Over the last ten years, fourteen museums have been opened.…
01 Mar 2024, Culture March 2024
The West aims to sanction the Kremlin also in the…
01 Mar 2024, News March 2024
Africa’s most populated country and leading economy boasts the continent’s…
01 Mar 2024, News March 2024
In the southern region of Chad, in Bodo, to be…
01 Feb 2024, Churches February 2024
There is a trait that distinguishes the Congolese Episcopal Conference…
01 Feb 2024, Dossier February 2024
On 20 January, President Tshisekedi was sworn in for a…
01 Feb 2024, Dossier February 2024
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, 64 years after its…
01 Feb 2024, Dossier February 2024
The Ndowe people of Equatorial Guinea live along the banks…
01 Feb 2024, Culture February 2024
Africa has the lowest access to electricity in the world.…
01 Feb 2024, News February 2024
‘In My Father's House’, a centre for vulnerable children. A…
01 Feb 2024, Churches February 2024
In Madagascar, large centuries-old trees become cisterns to cope with…
01 Feb 2024, Culture February 2024
The thirty-year instability of the mining provinces of North Kivu,…
01 Feb 2024, Dossier February 2024
While the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine are attracting most…
01 Feb 2024, News February 2024
South Africa, Nigeria, Algeria, and Egypt produce their own. However, around twenty African countries are purchasing unmanned aircraft for military purposes. China and Turkey lead the way among foreign exporters. Meanwhile, the arsenals of jihadist…
The Institute for Social Transformation (IST) in Nairobi is a leader in social entrepreneurship training in Africa. It was founded 30 years ago by the Comboni Missionaries within the Catholic University of Tangaza. Today, it…
For desert shepherds, elegance and grace are antidotes to the desolation and hostility of the environment. Their cult of beauty has an identity value that hides profound social implications, as demonstrated by the significance of…
Walking around the neighbourhoods of Lemba or Matete in Kinshasa or Bacongo and Makélékélé in Brazzaville, you are immediately taken by music that instinctively invites you to join in the dancing. In the evening in the…
If the current dynamics in the security field continue, and there are no signs of a reversal of the trend, there will be no shortage of crisis in Africa in 2024. Some countries will be…
The Congo River flows between Kinshasa and Brazzaville. The distance between the two capitals is so small that they seem like a single city. With a common history, they have not grown at the same…
The ongoing jihadist expansion in the Sahel region and attempts to stop it, the aftermath of the general elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the projected decline of the ANC in the South…
In a remote corner of Chad, three missionaries of the Immaculate Conception give a simple Christian testimony. Walking alongside people. Hilda, Shephali, and Irene are three Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception present in Koupor, in the…
"Ebale ya Congo ezali lopango te, ezali nzela" (The Congo River is not a barrier, it is a road), sang the famous Congolese musician Joseph Kabasele. Today this statement must be taken with a pinch of salt.…
Kinshasa is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is experiencing a demographic explosion due to a still high birth rate and migratory flows encouraged by rural poverty and…
African traditional political leaders cover both the temporal and the religious spheres. They represent the exigencies of the ancestors before the community of the living and the exigencies of the same community before the ancestors. This…
The Dipo rite is an integral part of the Krobo culture. Over the years it has been used to inculcate useful values into adolescent girls as they prepare to assume their marital responsibilities. The Krobos are…
The way electronic music entered the African scene in the 1990s, how it was developed, and how it is becoming increasingly relevant. From kuduro in Angola to gqom in South Africa. Two factors occurred in the…
Red and black are two of the fundamental colours in the Maasai culture and symbolize God’s two main traits. Red depicts anger and benevolence, and black (or dark blue) the sanctity of a person or object.…
Afrobeats, bongo, amapiano, rumba, and gengetone are genres that are now heard everywhere. Thanks to social media and the growing investments of the recording industry. The world has never heard so much African music as…
A collective runs a cultural centre and a record company in Ségou, an unstable area of Mali. To keep the art scene alive and because ‘music and the desire to live cannot be stopped’. Now with…
Every religion has some form of sacrifice. In fact, sacrifice is the most universal of all rituals. Most rituals imply an offering and quite often a blood sacrifice. A blood sacrifice is a displacement of mystical…
The military juntas of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have signed the Liptako-Gourma Charter, establishing the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). The objective is to establish an architecture of collective defence and mutual assistance against…
For some years now, the Nigerian and Ghanaian Afrobeats music scene has taken on global dimensions in terms of reach, acceptance and impact. Increasingly, the yardstick for measuring the success of an Afrobeats artist is the level…
The World Bank continues to finance the upgrading of the ports of the Comoros islands, where China has put its eyes on for years in search of a new safe haven for its military expansion…
The Cairo metropolis, one of the most populous in the world, is collapsing. So, President al-Sisi has ordered the construction of a new capital, as yet unnamed. The lavish $50+ billion project. But the rising…
If there is a sector in Africa that is giving great satisfaction not only to the economy (and therefore to the GDP) but to the image of a continent rich in creativity, this is the…
Many African governments continue to focus on fossil fuels. And, despite enormous potential, investment in renewable sources by multinationals is not taking off. The next international climate conference is scheduled in Dubai from 30 November until…
The projects of young technological entrepreneurs in healthcare, agriculture, the environment, logistics, finance and e-commerce are multiplying. Agile, young, innovative. And certainly full of vitality. This is the startup sector in Africa. In recent years, ideas applied…
The country's diamond, copper, gold, and manganese mines are in the hands of a circle of loyalists of President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, members of the ruling MPLA party. Diamonds, copper, gold, manganese. A small circle…
The Groupe Bogolan Kasobané, from Mali, revolutionized the art scene in their country when they abandoned Western painting techniques and, for the first time, applied to contemporary art a traditional Malian technique, Bogolan, which uses…
A community of Comboni Missionary Sisters work at St. Joseph's Hospital in Bébédjia, dedicating their lives with passion and joy to serving those most in need. We visited the place. Bébédjia, a town located in…
For many African countries, political independence from the colonial powers has not brought the hoped-for economic development. One positive exception is the island nation of Mauritius. What are the reasons for its success? Mauritius is a…
There are now about fifty scattered in thirty countries. They aim to change the connotations of agriculture. For now, they are notable for conflicts with rural communities. Agricultural growth poles, agro-industrial parks, growth hubs and corridors…
It is called participatory genetic improvement of seeds, takes place in the fields, involves farmers, and stems from the reduction of biodiversity. It prevents seeds from being controlled by a few. The FAO defines food sovereignty…
The Yoruba people are one of the largest in West Africa; they live in southern Nigeria and Benin. They have developed a refined culture, at the centre of which is a religious world rich in…
The director of the Institute for Research and Promotion of Alternatives in Development, Mamadou Goita, criticizes the policies of the African Development Bank. And he argues that it is necessary to transition to a model based…
It is mostly farmers who guarantee the production of food, not only in African countries but throughout the world. Estimates by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) speak of 33 million small farmers who…
There is no shortage of water, but floods are increasingly frequent. To enable families to have enough food and earn their living, a group of Salesians have promoted a project for the cultivation and transformation…
Last August, Southern African bishops filed a class-action suit against a mining company that has failed to compensate miners for black lung disease. This is one of the many cases in an industry where workers…
Less than one year after the war in Tigray, Ethiopia has been hit by another conflict in the Amhara region. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has seemingly embarked on a military strategy. Many intellectuals warn that…
Zhao Baomei controls the country's gold market. With her IMC, she has received numerous licenses, particularly in the areas of Yaloké, Bambari, and near the border with Cameroon. The IMC has caused serious damage to…
The fishing tradition goes back a long way in Mauritania. But as more and more Chinese fishmeal factories have set up in the country, local fishermen are often left empty-handed. This unscrupulous business threatens the…
Last June, the UN Security Council ended the mandate of MINUSMA in Mali while the DRC government announced the end of MONUSCO’s mandate within six months. There are also tensions between MINUSCA and the Central…
The synod on synodality focuses on the call for interior renewal and constant conversion. To quote an African adage: "The one who does not dig his field dies of hunger". Life is like a seed. Those…
For over a hundred years, the Comboni Missionaries have been working in north-eastern Uganda. “Being a missionary here means living side by side with the people, knowing their language and culture, and, if necessary, giving…
It is one of the indigenous festivals in Ghana celebrated by the Anlo people of Southern Ghana to commemorate the escape from the region of Notsie in Togo to their present abode in the Volta…
The Asantes perform rituals for their dead kinsmen and loved ones generally known as ayie (funeral) in the Akan language. They hold a general belief that death is but a transition into a next world…
In the Akan societies in Ghana especially among the Asantes, names and the process of naming are essential since everyone and almost every living entity has a place and mission in the world. The name of…
The challenge of the Pentecostal churches. Young people who only want to leave. The importance of having African missionaries as a stimulus to the local church. We spoke with Father Saa-Dade Ennin provincial superior of…
The Asantes, have a unique style of marriage ceremony. It is an important community engagement as it involves the couple, the couple’s immediate and extended families, and the community at large. Each ethnic group in Ghana has…
The regional ramifications of the clash in Khartoum have important appendages in N'Djamena. In fact, the various attempts at coups always started from neighbouring Sudan, with protagonists belonging to the fragmented Zaghawa community as well…
In novels and plays, in politics and in university classrooms. A lifetime of fighting for Pan-Africanism and women's rights. A model artist and activist for multiple generations. On May 31, Ama Ata Aidoo passed away; an…
The Asante are a group of people who form part of the Akan ethnic group in the central part of Ghana in the West African Sub-region. The Asantes were one Akan-speaking people who settled in the…
Over the last months, democracy and human rights have been endangered in several African countries. But Western countries either turn a blind eye or offer weak responses, based on the quest for natural resources or…
Years of protests and violent repression. The results of the Motlanthe Commission, which called for accountability for the violence, have been disregarded. In August, the country will go to the polls to elect its president. On 23…
What the Catholic Church is doing and what role it is playing in this electoral process. But above all the Church must motivate Catholics and all people of good will to run as candidates and…
The Latin American cartels, from Bolivians to Mexicans. The Italian 'Ndrangheta. The ‘friendships’ with African entrepreneurs and politicians. Diffusion and complicity in an expanding market. It was May 2021 when in an Interpol operation, with the…
It is one of the most dangerous basins in the world for the gases contained in its seabed and for the possibility, not only theoretical, of explosions. For once, the extraction of gas would be…
A group of educators, supported by Tangaza University College, have embarked on a civic education path to prevent violence in Nairobi's populous neighbourhoods. A path that serves to bring out the Utu culture, full Humanity.…
Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda are the main transit countries for heroin. West Africa, that of cocaine. Morocco is the kingdom of cannabis. The African continent has experienced significant increases in drug trafficking in recent…
The most important and sacred Asante stool is the ‘Golden Stool’. It represents the authority of the Asantehene (king), enshrines the soul of the nation, and symbolizes the kingdom’s unity. Among the Asante and other Akan…
Africa's development prospects are increasingly linked to the ecological transition. Solar, wind and green hydrogen could help boost economic growth and generate wealth and jobs. Sun, water, wind. These are the essential elements for the production…
North African countries, in particular, are trying to cope with water shortages with new desalination plants. However, they risk having a serious impact on marine ecosystems and fishing activities. The worsening water emergency is one of…
Within an expanding market, the role of Africa is also becoming increasingly important. Not only as a place of transit but also for consumption. Cocaine in West Africa, cannabis in the North, heroin in the…
After decades of harsh prohibition, several African states have opted for policies that tend to liberalize or decriminalize the use of narcotic substances, especially those considered light. Drug use is on the rise across the continent,…
The project has taken its first steps and has a triple objective: to enhance local potential, finance missionary activities, and open new pastoral spaces. In the African context, a new experience of social enterprises is also…
Northeast of Lagos (Nigeria), near the city of Osogbo (also spelled Oshogbo), the last sacred forest of the Yoruba culture resists the advance of time and ‘civilization’. We are talking about Osun-Osogbo, a suggestive place,…
The country is trying everything to recover from the deep economic crisis deriving, first, from the Covid-19 pandemic, then from the continuation of the Russian-Ukrainian war, and is also trying to strengthen its international relations. The…
“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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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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“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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