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Book Donation in Burkina Faso: Celebrations at the Moguéya School

25/07/2024, Bambini nel Deserto

In Moguéya, in a time marked by profound difficulties for Burkina Faso, a small yet significant gesture of solidarity becomes an occasion for celebration.

In Cadiz on the Spanish Atlantic coast, a beach bar for Africa

17/07/2024, Luca Iotti

magine a golden beach, the sun slowly setting, painting the sky with a thousand shades of orange and pink, and in the background, the sound of the Atlantic Ocean waves gently crashing on the shore. It’s right here in Cadiz, Spain, that Enrico Ruffa decided to plant his roots, opening a beach bar that quickly […]

The UN leaves Mali: violence escalates

09/07/2024, Luca Iotti

Mali sees an escalation of violence in the regions of Menaka and Gao between Jihad and Wagner Africa Korpus

International Day of Cooperatives: A Moment of Celebration and Reflection

06/07/2024, Luca Iotti

Today, we celebrate the International Day of Cooperatives, a special occasion that holds particular significance for us.

Henri, in endless exile in Niamey

14/06/2024, m.armanino

Henri left one of the most unfortunately wealthy regions of his country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, at the age of 22 and has not returned since.

The elusive people and the democracy of sand

30/05/2024, m.armanino

Where has the people gone in the Sahel countries? Are they the children, young people, and adults who filled the stadium a couple of times after the coup at the end of July last year?

Sicilian-made Irrigation for Agriculture in Africa

28/05/2024, Luca Iotti

Micro-irrigation represents a significant step forward compared to traditional methods, allowing for more efficient use of water and improving crop productivity while respecting the resources offered by the soil.

A che punto è la Grande Muraglia Verde dell’Africa contro la desertificazione

23/05/2024, Bambini nel Deserto

In the Sahel, where the sand dunes of the Sahara transition into arid savannah, 22 states have joined forces to address recurrent drought and encroaching desertification. Over the past decades, unregulated grazing and changes in precipitation patterns have heightened aridity along the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. According to geographers' analyses, the Sahara now covers 10% more land than it did a century ago when measurements began.

The three African shipwrecks of the West

05/05/2024, m.armanino

It is not just migrants or asylum seekers who are shipwrecked in the Mediterranean or the Atlantic, adding to the list of those missing in the waters that unite (and separate) the continents. What, perhaps less obviously but with no fewer consequences, are the shipwrecks of the European continent in Africa or, better, in the […]