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In the north of Thailand, a small Christian community proclaims its faith among the great majority of Buddhists. This is the testimony of Monsignor Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana, Bishop of Chiang Mai. The fifty-eight-year-old Bishop said: “Chiang Mai means ‘new city’ in the local language. It is the capital of the province with the same […]

U.N. rights investigators have accused Eritrean leaders of crimes against humanity, including torture, rape, and murder, and called on the Security Council to impose sanctions and refer the case to the International Criminal Court. The UN Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea has said atrocities in the country – which include an indefinite military national service programme that

Masks, magical movements, singing: the wisdom of the village is passed down from generation to generation, year after year. It is a warm morning, and all the inhabitants of Lanta Kope, a small village in southern Benin, have gathered to attend the Gelede festival, which takes place when the dry season ends and when the

Singing praises and dancing, thousands of people have undertaken a pilgrimage to worship the Lord Vitthal, a Hindu God. A spiritual journey. On the eleventh day of Aashaadh (in June/July), a multitude of devotees, having undertaken an arduous two-week journey on foot, descend on the temple town of Pandharpur in Maharashtra, in the western region of India.

An estimated 45.8 million men, women, and children around the world are currently trapped in modern slavery – 28% more than previously estimated, according to the Walk Free Foundation’s 2016 Global Slavery Index. The Foundation said that modern-day slaves are enslaved through human trafficking, forced labour, debt bondage, forced or servile marriage, or commercial sexual exploitation. North

The streets of Abidjan, the largest city of Ivory Coast, are home to around 30,000 boys and girls. The De La Salle Christian Brothers are committed to providing them with a home and with dignity. The Akwaba Home in Abidjan, which is run by the De La Salle Brothers, hosts and assists boys and girls

On the outskirts of Bogotá, Comboni Missionaries are committed to supporting the dignity and strength of Afro-Colombian communities. The Afro-Colombian people of Bogotá live in the suburbs of the city. Most men from these communities work in the construction and security sectors, while women generally work as housemaids in private residences. They have all moved to the

Certain regions in the eastern and southern part of the continent are facing the devastating impact of El Niño. For months now, international organisations working in the field of food safety – in particular those linked to the UN, such as the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) – have