Finding culture and community through dance at the 2025 Lyon Dance Biennale

There’s an intensity to festivals, a spillover effect where one event leads to another as if the whole town were participating in one long, articulated show. It’s not just the proximity of multiple works in space and time. It’s the conversations,...

Mozambique: Over 51 homes, church, school torched in Nampula since end of Sept

At least 51 houses, a church and a primary school have been destroyed in attacks attributed to terrorists since the end of September in the district of Memba, in the Mozambican province of Nampula, according to a new assessment made today by the...

Newly Ordained Priests in Mozambique and Angola Urged to “build intimacy with Christ”

Bishop Muandula warned that a Priest who fails to remain close to Christ risks losing the source of his vocation. “A Priest can be beside Jesus like Judas Iscariot, yet not have his heart united with Him. The true Priest is the one who says ‘yes’...

Carry Home Faith, Hope and Service: Marian Pilgrims in Mozambique Told

“Many walked long distances, made great efforts, faced the heat—it’s not cool this October, is it? All of that is a living expression of faith, a faith that becomes a journey, a prayer, an offering,” he said. He noted that every gesture of the...

Nursery plan at former pub on danger road rejected as unsafe for children

Mohammed Salman Karim wanted to convert 318 Whalley New Road in Roe Lee, now a private home. But his planning application for the building has been refused by Blackburn with Darwen Council after concerns from nearby residents and the borough’s...

Immigration is more complex than politicians would have you believe: Ayanda Zulu

Secondly, the notion that we can wake up one day and mass deport all foreigners for good may sound appealing, but it sidesteps the real complexities of the immigration question. Draconian labour legislation The first issue we need to confront is...

Chinese-aided agricultural poverty reduction project launched in Mozambique

MAPUTO, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese-aided Africa Bridge project has been launched in KaMavota District in Maputo, Mozambique's capital, aiming to support the southern African country's agricultural poverty alleviation and sustainable...

Jihadists in Mozambique kill Christians, burn homes and churches

ISMP on Sept. 30 released 20 photos purporting to show members killing Christians. MEMRE Jihadists with the Islamic State Mozambique Province (ISMP) shot to death or beheaded at least 11 Christians and burned more than 130 homes in northern...

Religious freedom explained by Leo XIV

(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 10.11.2025).- On the morning of Friday, October 10, in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace, Pope Leo XIV received in audience, in the Hall of the Popes, some representatives of the Pontifical Foundation Aid to...

ICGS Sachet makes port call at Maputo, strengthens maritime cooperation with Mozambique

Visakhapatnam: As part of its ongoing overseas deployment to Africa, underscoring India’s commitment to fostering maritime cooperation with friendly nations, Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) Sachet, made a port call at...

India's Patrol Vessel Sachet makes port call at Maputo, delivers 20 metric tonnes of HADR Material to Mozambique

Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) Sachet, made a port call at Maputo, Mozambique on Saturday, as part of its ongoing overseas deployment to Africa, underscoring India’s commitment to fostering maritime cooperation with...

Urgent calls for debt relief as study shows health and education cuts in developing world

Top economists are demanding urgent action on debt relief in Washington this week, as new analysis from campaign group Debt Justice shows struggling governments are cutting back on health and education. As finance ministers and central bankers...

Learning to read in white rooms: Tsitsi Dangarembga and the education of the colonised mind

Tsitsi Dangarembga was born in 1959 in Mutoko, a rural district of granite hills and small farms in northeastern Zimbabwe, near the border with Mozambique. At the time, it was Southern Rhodesia, a British colony ruled by a white settler minority....

Islamic insurgents kill three, kidnap 11 children in Northern Mozambique attacks

…..Violence escalates in Palma, a strategic town at the heart of Mozambique’s international gas hub MAPUTO-(MaraviPost)-Islamic insurgents have killed three people in new attacks in northern Mozambique on Friday. The attacks also resulted in the...

World News | Indian Coast Guard Ship Sachet Arrives in Mozambique with 20 Metric Tonnes of Humanitarian Aid

Maputo [Mozambique], October 11 (ANI): The Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Sachet, an Offshore Patrol Vessel, arrived at the Port of Maputo in Mozambique on October 11 as part of its ongoing overseas deployment to Africa, the Ministry of Defence...

Indian Coast Guard Ship Sachet arrives in Mozambique with 20 metric tonnes of humanitarian aid

The Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Sachet, an Offshore Patrol Vessel, arrived at the Port of Maputo in Mozambique on October 11 as part of its ongoing overseas deployment to Africa, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement. The visit...

Pope Leo makes defense of religious freedom

Speaking to a charity that does only global, non-governmental study on religious freedom across all countries and faith communities, Pope Leo said religious freedom is essential cornerstone. “The right to religious freedom is not optional but...

ICG ship arrives in Maputo with humanitarian aid; enhances regional cooperation

As part of its ongoing overseas deployment to Africa, Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship, Sachet, an Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) made a port call in Maputo, Mozambique on Saturday. The move symbolizes the ICG’s operational reach and commitment to...

Mozambique’s Border Bets

Good morning. Mozambique has a plan to concession two of its land border crossings to private operators, under public-private partnerships (PPPs) that it hopes will speed up trade flows, increase revenue, improve security, reduce dependence on...

Engage children at all levels in climate justice

Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry of Kenya Deborah Barasa,plant a bamboo tree on, September 18th 2025, during world Bamboo day celebrations. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard] If children could be given room to play in the...