Comboni Missionaries' Team

After more than three weeks since cyclone Idai hit southern Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi still live in extreme emergency conditions. According to Caristas in Mozambique, the official number of deaths in Mozambique alone has risen to 520. The first reception centres for the homeless has given hospitality to 110 thousand people. It is estimated […]

Published April 2, Christus vivit (Christ lives) is Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the Synod of Bishops on young people, faith, and vocational discernment, which took place Oct. 3-28, 2018. In the apostolic exhortation, Francis explained that “becoming an adult does not mean you have to abandon what is best about this stage of your

Peter Tabichi, a member of the Franciscan religious order, has just won the 2019 Global Teacher Prize. Brother Peter, a science teacher from Kenya, has been praised for his achievements in a deprived school with crowded classes and few textbooks. He has been recognises for the “exceptional” teacher’s commitment to pupils in a remote part

Financed by Istanbul, it also contains other structures: a congress hall, administration offices and a library. The presence of Turkey in Africa is nothing new: educational and social projects and the construction of mosques are being carried out in about thirty African countries. It rises majestically, beautiful and immense. The Accra mosque is the largest

The European Union finds itself in a contradictory situation in advance of the European Parliament elections in May. The levels of support for the EU are higher than they have been for 25 years. 62 per cent of EU citizens have a positive view of their country’s membership of the EU; this is as high

With Chinese technical and financial backing, a number of countries – from Tanzania to Angola, from Kenya to Ethiopia, from Nigeria to Ghana – are modernising their railroads and building new lines to move both people and goods more efficiently.   The railway system in Africa is undergoing a rebirth. From east to west and

A parable about co-existence in Nevé Shalom, in Hebrew,  Wahat al-Salam, in Arabic, the village founded by Father Bruno Hussar on a hill overlooking the Ayalon valley. “When a young man wants to be an officer in the army of his country, he chooses one of the many academies or schools of war and devotes

Combating regional disparities throughout the EU; caring for the natural environment and eliminating food waste; curbing the export of weapons in armed conflict areas and respect for human rights by multinational companies. These are 4 priority areas that the members of the new European Parliament will be called to address, highlighted by Justice and Peace

The conflict in Syria has been going on for eight years, with brutal consequences. Here are eight of them: 1 –   About 11.7 million people need humanitarian assistance Syrians need food, shelter, health care, education and water, among other services. 7.8 million, around two thirds of the people in need of aid, live in government-controlled

It is fundamental to reducing dependence on oil. The extraction of cobalt is riddled with abuses and danger, especially in the DR Congo. Cobalt has many uses, most importantly in the production of electric cars to reduce dependence on oil and to combat climate change. However, the production of this mineral is deeply flawed, considering