Timor-Leste’s economy has long relied on petroleum and gas revenues, but declining reserves and shifting global energy ...

The 27-meter statue of Cristo Rei (Christ the King) on Cap Fatucama is a striking Dili landmark. The birth of Timor-Leste 23 ...

More than 70 percent of children in Timor-Leste enter school without fluency in these official languages, often struggling to understand lessons and impacting their ability to succeed in school. To ...

Since independence in 1999, Timor-Leste has faced great challenges in rebuilding its infrastructure, strengthening the civil administration, and generating jobs for young people entering the work ...

"Over in Timor-Leste you can build a school for 130 kids with a vegetable garden and make some really significant intergenerational developmental change." With his 18-year-old friend, Leo ...

On the second day of his apostolic visit to East Timor (Timor-Leste), Pope Francis first met with children and religious sisters at the Irmãs Alma School in Dili on Tuesday morning and thanked ...

Some 96 percent of Timor Leste’s population is Catholic. Keenly aware of the importance of educating the young, the Catholic Church runs 42,000 kindergarten and primary schools, 40,000 secondary ...

The country’s foreign minister says Timor-Leste is better positioned now than when some of the other states were admitted to Asean. Timor-Leste’s foreign minister, Bendito dos Santos Freitas ...

In a small coastal village in Timor-Leste, between a rugged mountain range ... Croc Wise primary school programs, design of crocodile traps, and training and support surrounding crocodile stock ...