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7th June 2019 Vatican, Holy See
The Vatican Cricket Team: Sport and faith in action
A guest blog written by Fr. Eamonn O’Higgins, L.C., manager of The Vatican (St. Peter’s) Cricket Team, and Fr. Sameer Advani, L.C., co-manager. Cricket is perhaps not what immediately springs to mind when you think of the Vatican, but the Vatican (St Peter’s) Cricket Team has an important role in building bridges between faiths and […]
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7th June 2019
Reporting from the frontline
Long-time Southern African regional correspondent Susan Njanji from Zimbabwe was one of very few black African female journalists to cover the genocide in Rwanda. Here she reflects on the challenges that she’s faced when reporting from the frontline as a woman – and why gender should never be a factor in deciding who gets the […]
6th June 2019 Geneva, Switzerland
Disarmament blog: space – the final frontier for arms control?
I spent part of last week at the Space Security Conference run by the UN Institute for Disarmament Research, which has become something of an annual fixture. It was excellent – the organisers brought together an amazing group of speakers from governments, academia, the media and industry, and I came away with a far better […]
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4th June 2019 Vienna, Austria
No such thing as a fish
At the beginning of April, I was delighted to find out that a British podcast at the intersection of comedy and science had been chosen for the City of Vienna’s annual science communication award. To me this is both a testament to the strong bilateral relationship the UK has with Austria on science and education […]
31st May 2019 Skopje, North Macedonia
Ramadan in our Skopje Neighbourhood
What is Ramadan? Of all the months, Muslims love Ramadan the most mainly because of the greater rewards found in this month. Ramadan is also significantly known as the month where the Quran was sent down to the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) as a guidance to mankind. But apart from this, there are also several […]
29th May 2019 Vienna, Austria
Drugs in Vienna: making a difference internationally
One of Vienna’s key international organisations is the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the UNODC. But how exactly do countries work with UNODC to combat the illegal use of drugs? Every March, the UK and other countries send experts to the UNODC in Vienna for the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, known as the […]
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28th May 2019
Women are fighting to change perceptions
A church hall full of women farmers eager to debate elections in central Africa. Unlikely? Not if you listen to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Nathalie Sala who works with the Fondation Hirondelle to create the kind of radio programmes that urge women to vote and get more involved in politics in the second largest […]
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24th May 2019 Skopje, North Macedonia
21 Century Schools programme gets a Royal Presentation in North Macedonia
His Royal Highness The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex paid an official visit to North Macedonia on 15. May 2019. During the visit, he took special interest in the assistance that the United Kingdom provides to North Macedonia through the three year education programme 21st Century Schools. As part of the event organised by British […]
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20th May 2019
The biggest challenge to a robust media is relevancy
Berna Namata has been a business journalist for more than six years, mostly in Rwanda. She spent a year in London as a Chevening scholar. She returned in 2017 and currently works in Rwanda for the Nation Media Group’s popular regional weekly newspaper, The East African. In this guest blog for the Foreign Office, she […]
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16th May 2019
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
LGBT rights are human rights
As British Ambassador in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), I am proud to stand up for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) rights, which are fundamental human rights, and the fight against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. 17 May is International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, better known as IDAHOBIT, […]