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Insecurity reigns in the country, fighting among rebel groups continues even in the capital Bangui. Recently, the police, assisted by the forces of Minusca (the UN mission in Central Africa) clashed with groups of militiamen who control PK5, the neighbourhood of the capital where the Muslim community lives. Former fighters who have become bandits are […]

Sister Orla Treacy is the Principal of the Loreto Secondary School in Rumbek, South Sudan – a beacon of hope in an area where female literacy is estimated to be less than 10 percent, and most girls face strong pressure to stay away from school. One of the main challenges for Sr Treacy has been

A tiny group of Christians in a predominantly Moslem environment, determined to forge ties of friendship and dialogue in a society that still bears the wounds of thirty years of civil war. A Comboni Missionary community tells its story. Abéché town is on the doorstep of the desert in eastern Chad. Just 1.1% are Christians,

Over 10 million Filipinos are living and working overseas. Manila Archbishop Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said “our overseas Filipino migrant workers have become the big missionary presence”. Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) term denotes to Filipinos who are abroad indefinitely as citizens or as permanent or temporary residents of a different country and to those Filipino

According to the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR, an upsurge of violence in south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is set to cause a “humanitarian disaster of extraordinary proportions”. Congo’s Tanganyika province has seen a sharp escalation of violence since late last year, with new armed groups forming and an increase in attacks and the use of

Land grabbing and the scarce revenue generated by agriculture are forcing Burkinabe farmers off their land. The De La Salle Brothers in Burkina Faso have launched a project called the Lasallian Centre for Training in Agricultural Skills (CLIMA) in order to make agriculture, the primary sector in the country, attractive. CLIMA’s Brother Director, Abel Dembelé,

The work we are doing as Comboni Missionaries and Comboni Lay Missionaries in the concrete situation of migration is essentially accomplished by networking with associations, organisations and movements, both ecclesial and social, involved in this area in recognising and defending the rights of immigrants and refugees. Since September 2013, the port of Palermo, Sicily, has

The Baganda or Ganda are the largest single ethnic group in Uganda representing approximately 20% of Uganda’s total 34.7 million population. They occupy the central part of the country, which was formerly called the Buganda province. They are a Bantu-speaking people and their language is called ‘Luganda’. We look at some traditional aspects of this

More than 300 children, 87 of them girls, were released by armed groups in South Sudan today, beginning a process that is expected to see at least 700 children freed in the coming weeks. It was the first release of children by any armed groups in South Sudan in more than year. “This is a

South Sudanese Bishop, Paride Taban, will receive the Freedom of Worship Award, one of the Four Freedoms Awards presented every other year in Middelburg, the Netherlands. This year’s awards will be presented in Middelburg on the 16th May. Han Polman, Chairman of the Roosevelt Foundation, said that Bishop Taban will receive the award for his