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Brazil

July 29, 2022, 9:12 am

Of Brazil’s approximately 213 million inhabitants, 64% are Catholic. At the same time, the number of believers continues to decline. Twenty years ago, Catholics still made up 75% of the...

Venezuela

July 28, 2022, 4:29 pm

Once rich Venezuela has been experiencing an unprecendented crisis since 2013, which has now led to famine. Almost 80% of about 33 million Venezuelans suffer from extreme poverty. Added to...

Nicaragua

July 28, 2022, 11:37 am

The people in the “land of a thousand volcanoes” have always lived with the risk that the earth could open up or erupt at any moment. This also applies in...

Haiti

July 28, 2022, 10:40 am

Located in the Caribbean, south-east of Cuba, the island nation of Haiti is considered the poorest country in the western hemisphere. Natural disasters, such as Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and...

Mozambique

July 27, 2022, 4:31 pm

Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world. Between 1977 and 1992, civil war nearly destroyed this south-east African country. The consequences can still be felt today. Nevertheless,...

Democratic Republic of the Congo

July 26, 2022, 3:58 pm

The Democratic Republic of Congo is four times the size of France in area and has a wealth of mineral resources, including gold, diamonds, ores and oil. Even so, a...

Ethiopia

July 26, 2022, 11:48 am

The country on the Horn of Africa is a land of many contrasts. Despite strong economic growth, great poverty exists in many areas. In some regions, Islam has become increasingly...

For a long time, the central African country of Cameroon, with its nearly 26 million inhabitants, was considered relatively stable politically. In 2016, however, there were protest marches by English-speaking...

Nigeria

July 25, 2022, 5:33 pm

With approximately 206 million inhabitants, Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. Christians and Muslims each make up just less than half of the population. In the north and...