Donald Trump's return to the United States of America presidency (since January 2025) and his transactional approach to international relations, which prioritizes the direct interests of the United States at all costs, introduce great uncertainty not only in the...
To avoid a climate catastrophe, we need to switch our oil and gas-based economy to sustainable energy sources such as solar and wind. Copper and cobalt play an important role in the production of electric motors and batteries. Both metals are mined in Zambia's...
"Instead of given priority to the production of food for the population, Ethiopia favours the production of biofuels and flowers for export." - Ulrich Delius, GfbV-Afrikareferent Fresh flowers are a billion-dollar business in which Africa has conquered a significant...
Recently, the United States excluded four African countries from AGOA trade preferences. What is AGOA and who benefits from it? AGOA - WHAT IS IT? AGOA (African Growth and Opportunity Act) was launched by President Clinton in 2000 to promote trade and investment in...
Donald Trump's return to the United States of America presidency (since January 2025) and his transactional approach to international relations, which prioritizes the direct interests of the United States at all costs, introduce great uncertainty not only in the...
On November 13, 2025, I accompanied Elvis in an online presentation for students of the Master in International Relations at the Catholic University of Leuven, who had requested him as part of their course: « European Union, International Cooperation and Development...
The war between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda has been going on for more than 30 years. To fully understand it, one must be familiar with the history and claims of both sides. The aim of this article is to provide a brief overview of the origins and...
AEFJN Ugandan Antenna In a landmark partnership, Africa Europe Faith and Justice Network (AEFJN) and the John Paul II Justice and Peace Centre (JPIIJPC) have joined forces to establish the AEFJN Uganda Antenna, a platform dedicated to promoting social and economic...
On 25th April 2025, Friday, members and partners of AEFJN Uganda Antenna gathered for their monthly meeting at John Paul II Justice and Peace Centre in Kampala - Uganda. The meeting was a moment for reflection, project updates, and strategic planning, leaning toward...
Abstract Food security, defined by the interplay of availability, accessibility, and affordability, is a persistent global challenge exacerbated by climate change, geopolitical conflicts, and inequities in trade systems. Food sovereignty, as a foundational human...
CENTRE MEDICAL BETHANIE AS A CENTRE OF HOPE FOR THE « HOPELESS » Since 2019, the people in Burkina Faso have been living through a security crisis that has caused widespread displacement and untold distress. An estimated 1.9 million people have been forced to leave...
Introduction The country’s rich agro-ecological diversity, enables farmers to grow a wide variety of crops such as sorghum, millet, maize, cassava, beans, sweet potatoes, bananas, vegetables among others. These crops not only play a crucial role in ensuring food...
SUMMARY: Created in 1999, WHO prequalification ensures that essential medicines comply with WHO standards of quality, safety and efficacy. In so doing, this prequalification facilitates the work of National Regulatory Authorities, which lack the resources, for example...
"Many people are subject to violence, marked by hunger, wounded in their dignity. Therefore, 'the struggle for justice and participation in the world fully appears to us as a constitutive dimension of the preaching of the Gospel'… This requires lucidity, courage,...
I was still at home in Heverlée with my sisters for Easter on Monday April 21, when I received the news of Pope Francis' death. The European Union flags were hoisted halfway up their flagpoles. Easter Monday was a public holiday, so I came into the office on...
The combined impact of the U.S. Administration’s January 20th executive order mandating a 90-day review and the January 24th ‘stop work order’ have severe and immediate consequences for crisis-affected people. They also disrupt faith-based organisations’ long-standing...
At the dawn of 2026, the Pope’s Message for the LIX World Day of Peace offers neither a naïve optimism nor a diplomatic abstraction, but a demanding and deeply countercultural invitation: to rediscover peace as unarmed and disarming. Rooted in the greeting of the...
What we would like to share with you is a story of hope in a context where everyday difficulties challenge the very idea that it is possible to initiate actions for a social, cultural and inter-religious new manner of living out mutual understanding and collaboration,...
Ali Sabieh is the second largest city in Djibouti, with a population of approximately 50,000 people, the majority being Somali tribe. The Consolata Missionary Sisters arrived at Ali-Sabieh mission in 2009. While visiting families they discovered that there were many...
