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It is a significant medicinal plant in African traditional healthcare systems due to its wide range of therapeutic properties. Bridelia scleroneura (family: Euphorbiaceae) is a medium-sized, deciduous tree that grows to a height of around 12 metres. Its bark is corky and turns black with age, revealing a distinctive red streak when cut. Initially sparsely […]

A Comboni Sister from Mexico, Cecilia Sierra, explains why she wears a veil and the reasons behind it. I have worn a veil or a scarf for much of my life. In my congregation, the Comboni Sisters, the veil is not obligatory, yet I freely embraced it – first in Italy, the homeland of many

While the volume of arms imports by states across Africa overall decreased by 41% between the 2016-2020 and 2021-2025 periods, West African arms transfers rose sharply as the security situation in the region deteriorated. This is according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which has released new reports on global arms transfers recently.

According to new data published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the volume of major arms transferred between states increased by 9.2 per cent between 2016–20 and 2021–25. States in Europe more than tripled their arms imports, making it the biggest recipient region. Total exports by the United States, the world’s largest supplier

One of the most important things for a happy, meaningful life is to have a goal, a positive purpose that does good for others and for ourselves. It can be helping in the community, supporting in a shelter for the homeless, or raising funds for a worthy cause. Some people feel called to be involved

There was no rain, and it was very hot. The animals that did not have deep wells were very thirsty. Rabbit went to Antelope and said, “Friend Antelope, I have no water and I am very thirsty. Will you help me to dig a deep well? Then we can both have water.” “Yes,” said Antelope.

Father Pepe Girau Pellicer describes the experience at the Ankanful prison in Ghana. “We experience the mission in its dual dimension of proclaiming the Gospel and promoting humanity.” The large Ankanful prison complex is located about six kilometres from Cape Coast, the Ghanaian city where we Comboni Missionaries have an international scholasticate, where I am

Mexican Comboni nun, Sr. Rosa María del Socorro, talks to us about her experience in one of the most difficult areas of the Dominican Republic. I worked for several years in Chad, Africa; among the indigenous Mazatec people in southern Mexico; and in Haiti. I am currently in Barahona, the Dominican Republic, where I am

“Sometimes I think the only way to talk about God is to remain silent and offer an embrace full of tenderness and hope,” Father Alessio Geraci, an Italian Comboni Missionary, tells us about his missionary experience on the outskirts of Lima. I am the parish priest of Cristo Misionero del Padre, in Chorrillos, on the

“As Comboni Lay Missionaries, we are present in 21 countries in Europe, America and Africa. We come together to have a common missionary presence and to share our lives with needy communities on the peripheries of cities or in rural areas where many are forgotten, and also in our countries of origin”. From the beginning