International military expenditure not affected by COVID-19
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the COVID-19 pandemic did not affect military spending by the world’s traditional Big Five with five sub-Saharan African countries also showing increases in their spend on military equipment and material. Worldwide, military spending last year was 2.6% more than in 2019 at a time when the […]
Herbs & Plants: Piliostigma thonningii, a multipurpose medicinal plant
Piliostigma thonningii, common name ‘camel’s foot’, is a leguminous, deciduous tree with a single stem, native to tropical Africa. It grows in open woodland, savannah regions, and wooded grassland in low to medium altitudes. It is a multipurpose tree of vast importance for health. This evergreen species is a good shade tree that fixes nitrogen […]
Oral Literature: Why Goats Live with Man
The goat and his mother lived alone in their village. He said to her, “I have here a magic-medicine to make one strong in wrestling. There is no one who can overcome me, or cast me down; I can overcome any other animal.” The other beasts heard of this boast; and they took up the […]
Colombia: bishop receives death threats
For months he travels in an armoured car and with an armed police escort. He did not ask for protection but the local government, was forced to provide it due to international pressure. “I am not afraid and I am sure God is on my side”, says Mons. Rubén Darío Jaramillo, Bishop of Buenaventura, a […]
The Religious Freedom in the World Report 2021
According to the 15th Report of Aid to the Church in Need on religious freedom in the world (2018-2020) 67% of the world’s population (5.200 billion) live in countries where grave violations of religious freedom occur. The ongoing pandemic further impinged on religious freedom, with disproportionate restrictions on religious practice and worship, denial of humanitarian […]
Restore Our Earth So We Can Live
The youth see the environmental destruction in all aspects of our lives – the air we breathe, the forest destruction, the polluted oceans, the climate change that is upon us and the pandemic- all a result of human neglect, greed and power play for riches and dominance of the Earth. This young generation wants it […]
Reflection: With the Flute, on the back of the Buffalo
Eastern religious traditions, specifically Zen Buddhism, present the spiritual journey of the human person to reach spiritual enlightenment in ten images. An experience that teaches many things this season, which in many ways is transitional. Attributed to the 12th-century Chinese Buddhist master, Kakuan Zenji, through this journey, the Buddhist master accompanies his disciple and evaluates […]
Oral Literature: The Leopard and The Hare
Once upon a time, there was some trouble between a leopard and a hare. The leopard had cheated the hare of his goat. As the leopard could not find the means to repay the hare, the leopard asked the hare to go with him to visit some kinsfolk on an island where he might obtain […]
Ghana: A New Chance at Life
In a rural diocese of Ghana, the Church works to give hope to many children. “I was about four or five … I came here because I was accused of witchcraft and I was condemned by my family and my community”, said Sarah, aged 12. When Sarah was four years old, she was wrongly implicated […]
Mission Diary: Being a journalist in my own country is not easy
After living away from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for ten years, Brother Lwanga Kakule Silusawa was sent back to his country. He had just completed a career in journalism in Spain where he had been, among other things, an editor of the Spanish Comboni mission magazine, Mundo Negro. He tells us his story. […]