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News December 2024

Israel and Africa. Cyber diplomacy.

Israel is one of the world leaders in the production and export of digital surveillance technologies. To develop them, it can count on the only such laboratory in the world: the Palestinian territories occupied and militarized for decades. The famous spyware Pegasus by the company NSO Group, for example, allows its users to collect and…

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The Vietnamese paradox.

The middle class grows, but inequality increases. Galloping corruption, total party control over the people, an ambiguous relationship with China. Bamboo diplomacy. Vietnam’s first impression is of spectacular economic development: modern districts of high-rise residential buildings, vast shopping malls, heavy urban traffic where cars now compete with myriads of motorcycles and where the bicycles of…

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Algeria. The economy. A state of dependence.

It is the fourth largest economy on the continent but it is too closely tied to the fluctuations of the gas and oil markets. It remains a fragile structure compared to population growth. The new front with Morocco is called a gas pipeline. The economy of the largest African country occupies fourth place on the…

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Israel – Africa. Relationship at risk.

With the conflict in Gaza, relations between Israel and African countries, particularly Algeria and South Africa, have reached a critical point. Everything depends on whether the conflict spreads to other areas of the Middle East. In recent decades, relations between Israel and African countries have undergone a continuous evolution, characterised by a complex mix of…

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Advocacy

Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari. A Steward of the Marañón…

The river is sacred to the Kukama people, who believe that their ancestors reside on the river floor.  They are ready to protect the Marañón…

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Baobab

A Wise Grandmother.

Like the other farmers, Taro also grew rice, wheat, and vegetables, living in peace and contentment. However, things never remain the same. One time, there was no rainfall,…

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Youth & Mission

Comboni Youth Jubilee. To live is to hope.

From 24 to 27 July, hundreds of young people from the Comboni youth movements across Europe will gather in Milan, Verona, and Florence, Italy, in preparation…

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