FCAAL: interview with Anthony Suze in Milan

In this interview, former political detainee in South Africa during the apartheid regime, Anthony Suze, stress why football was more than a game. The interview is followed by a report on the African film festival in Milan.

FCAAL Milan: Dowaha/La berceuse best African film

Dowaha/La berceuse, by Tunisian director Raja Amari, has won the 20th edition of the African film festival  in Milan (Italy) as ‘best African film’. Although the festival has ended today, prize celebrations have been held yesterday, saturday 20 of March. Other winning movies are Un conte des faits, directed by Hichem Ben Ammar, selected as “best […]

Hostival: Giacovazzi tells his story

“When I’ll finish negotiations with schools I’ll let you know the school names”, Giacovazzi said during this interview in which he explains why Hostival is not a scam.

Milan African film festival: "more than just a game" interview

“More than just a game” is a movie about the story of Anthony Suez, political prisoner in Robben Island, during the apartheid regime in South Africa. Our journalists interviewed Suez today. The video interview will be published in the following days. For the trailer of the movie, click here

Nigeria: Goodluck Jonathan dissolves cabinet

Image via Wikipedia Nigeria’s acting presidente, Goodluck Jonathan, has dissolved the country’s cabinet yesterday. The news was on major websites all around the world. “Mr Jonathan became acting president in February amid the continuing illness of President Umaru Yar’Adua. Mr Yar’Adua went to Saudi Arabia for treatment in November last year and, despite returning to […]

New browser IE9 as seen from ITnewsAfrica.com

Image via Wikipedia “How will IE9 browser look?”. This is the headline of a feature published today by ‘ITNewsAfrica.com – IT news, Telecom news and Mobile news from an African perspective’. The new Microsoft’s browser Internet Explorer 9 should support “HTML5, DOM and CSS3 standards” according to the African technology website. “So far, the IE9 […]

Madagascar: AU imposes new sanctions

The African Union imposed sanctions on Madagascar’s leadership on Wednesday for its failure to comply with power-sharing deals struck since President Andry Rajoelina seized power a year ago. “The sanctions consist of a refusal to grant visas, the freezing of assets, including their financial assets in foreign banks, and diplomatic isolation,” said Ramtane Lamamra, the […]

Al Mosafer, Ahmed Maher interview

Interview to Ahmed Maher at the 66th Venice Film Festival. His film Al Mosafer is also in Africa Movie Film Festival in Milan, Italy

South Africa: Zuma's new book

“Critical Challenges” (HSRC Press) edited by Dr Kwandiwe Kondlo and Mashupye H Maserumule. Jacob Zuma’s private life, his wives, concubines and 20 children, have been the subject of wide media coverage in the last few weeks. In spite of promising to behave, at the Polokwane conference, at which he ousted Thabo Mbeki as president of […]

Miriam Makeba Tribute: all photos

We publish here all the photos of the Miriam Makeba Tribute held in Rome (Italy) last Saturday 13 March 2010