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In the life of Maasai, God is always present. They are indeed a deeply religious people.

Not far from the border between Kenya and Tanzania can be found the mountain the Maasai call Oldoinyo le Engai, “God’s Mountain”, and it is halfway between the white mountain, the Kilimanjaro, and the black one, the “Meru”. It’s considered a gift from God ...


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Between undersea cables, increasingly controlled by tech giants, and the expansion of Starlink into remote areas, Africa is accelerating its digital transformation. Yet it relies on infrastructure it only partially controls. Amid this race for connectivity, questions are arising
about technological dependence, data sovereignty, and shifting
geopolitical ba...


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The Diocese of Mbaiki carries out specific pastoral care for the Aka Pygmy communities in the region. Numerous initiatives have been launched to enhance the dignity of this people whose future lies in education.

It’s Sunday, and the sun has just risen. We head along narrow red dirt paths toward the Aka Pygmy camp of Ngoundou in the parish of Bagandou, ...


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China is no longer a distant country purchasing oil, iron ore, or soybeans; not only in trade, but also in technology, ports, roads, energy, telecommunications, artificial intelligence, digital surveillance, and even the region’s political game.

Today, trade between China and Latin America exceeds $500 billion a year, a figure that two decades ago seem...


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Located in the southern foothills of the Himalayan range, the region of Arunachal Pradesh is largely controlled and administered by India. However, it remains at the centre of a heated dispute between India and China, ongoing since the mid-20th century, especially after the 1962 war, and which continues to fuel tensions between the two countries today.


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