The personal and professional future of Kamil Ahmed, born in Somalia in 1999, depends on the government of Kenya, which announced the closure by 2022 of the refugee camps of Kakuma and Dadaab, where about 420,000 people, mainly Somalis, live. Continue reading →

Everything was against her. Aminata Gaye – Mina ‘the veiled one’ is her stage name – was raised in a traditional Senegalese family, when she realised that music made her a self-confident person, she knew there was no way back. Continue reading →

Mitzi Jonelle Tan is a full-time climate justice activist based in Metro Manila, Philippines. She is the convenor and international spokesperson of Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP), the Fridays For Future (FFF) of the Philippines.

She is also Continue reading →

Imagine people in a circle looking into each other’s eyes and gesticulating as they follow the frantic pace of their yembé, an African percussion instrument that has its origins in the Mandingo empire.

Tradition has it that it was played Continue reading →

The ninth legislature began in Mozambique on 13 January 2020 and the 250 elected deputies took possession of their seats. Everything happened as usual except for a young deputy: Mércia Viriato Licá. At just 24, this young law graduate from Continue reading →

Four African Sisters have restored life to a monastery founded in 1931 by a French Franciscan in the Berber village of Tazert.  “Our doors are open to all”.

We are in Tazert, a Berber village of 3,500 inhabitants sixty kilometres Continue reading →

She never once bought an ice cream. She never had a day off. She has always worked. But she wants to celebrate her birthday. A Guatemalan migrant struggles to live and survive. 

She looks at her fingers and hands chapped Continue reading →

The 39th Niwano Peace Prize will be awarded to Father Michael Lapsley, SSM of South Africa in recognition of his relentless struggle against apartheid and social discriminations, his support for the liberation movement in South Africa and various peacebuilding activities Continue reading →

“A Chinese proverb by Lao Tzu says, ‘A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.’ My four-year academic journey started in August 2014 at the Catholic University College of Ghana, Fiapre. The journey was both inspiring and challenging. Continue reading →

Sister Scholastica Elizabeth Ampadu talks about her vocation journey.  

I first contemplated the call to religious life when I was in seventh grade. Despite the fact that my school was a Catholic girls’ school and well known in Kumasi, Continue reading →