100 U.S. troops to fight Uganda’s LRA: a turning point or just a timely electoral move?
31.10.2011
After 20 years of devastation, death and abductions, U.S. troops will assist the same four African nations that have been countering the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) for years. Can they really succeed in ending this nightmare?
In its annual Global terrorism index, the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP, a global think tank based in Sydney) reports that the Sahel region now accounts for almost half of all terrorism [...]
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, 69, Vatican Secretary of State, is the Pope's closest collaborator and heads the Holy See's diplomacy. It is clear that he has spoken about this with Francis, after [...]
China and India must press Vladimir Putin against the possible deployment of a new space-based nuclear weapon that would knock out even the satellites of Beijing and New Delhi, leaving the world [...]
The participation of women in peace processes worldwide remains lower than that of men, although it is slowly changing. According to UN Women, between 1992 and 2019, women accounted for an average of [...]
"Certainly, the hatred that has accumulated is great and weighs heavy on hearts: there are people and groups who feed on it as on a poison that while it feeds on life, at the same time kills. To [...]
In the early morning of 30 August, soldiers from the Republican Guard and other army units stormed a church and a radio station belonging to a sect known as Agano la Uwezo/Wazalendo (Church of the [...]
The Sahel-The Poor House of Africa
The Sahel countries are the former French colonies of Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad. They are among the poorest countries in the world and at [...]
During the three years since a white police officer brutally murdered Floyd, nationwide discussions of systemic racism have extended well beyond focusing on law enforcement to also assess a range of [...]
With the vacuum left by the United States (UN) and the NATO powers, this country, in the heart of Central Asia, would likely return to be a fertile ground for the radical Islam proselytizing, leaving [...]
It is good that we have gathered here, carrying in our own hearts and in the heart of Rome the faces of those entrusted to our care. Above all, it is important to pray and share, clearly and [...]
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