During his visit to Abidjan, the President of the Community of Sant’Egidio, Marco Impagliazzo, was received by the President of the Republic of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara. During the talks the issues of peace and coexistence have been addressed both in the context of the country, recently hit by a tragic attack in the city of […]
The founder of Sant’Egidio expressed the closeness of the community to the people at Mozambique during this difficult phase of political and military tension. On 7 July Andrea Riccardi and the delegation of the community met with the President of the Republic of Mozambique, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi. During the meeting, which was held in an […]
One week after the tragic death of Beau Solomon, a 19 years old American student who was killed in an attempted robbery, the Community of Sant’Egidio prayed in his memory in the basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere, together with his fellow students from the John Cabot University. The prayer was presided over by fr. […]
Minister of Justice Cheik Sako announces the de jure moratorium and thanks Sant’Egidio for having supported the process under way The Parliament of Guinea-Conakry yesterday approved a penal code reform, paving the way to a complete abolition of the death penalty of its judiciary system. As stated by Minister of Justice Cheik Sako to “Radio […]
A delegation of the Italian Foreign Ministry and of the Community of Sant’Egidio in New York illustrates the results and the prospects of an alternative project to the “journeys of death” There was talk of humanitarian corridors on 22 June at the headquarters of the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations, in New […]