Africans in Rosarno: no results after protest

After yesterday clashes caused by 5 or 6 African citizen injured apparentfly for no reasons, Africans are still in protest and some citizen of Rosarno against them. Police forces are trying really hard since early this morning to prevent a bloodshed. As confirmed by hospital sources to Italian news agency ADNKronos, there 5 people injured […]

Africans in Rosarno: 5 people injured in clashes

After the shooting of five African citizen in Rosarno, Italy, migrants in southern Italy clashed with police yesterday. Africans blocked in protest the main road linking Gioia Tauro to Rosarno. “Five people are injured and are now in hospital because somebody shoot with a gun at them. They are a man from Ghana and four […]

"The year of South Africa" – Internazionale

“L’anno del Sudafrica” (The year of South Africa) is the headline on the front page of this week’s issue of Internationale, a magazine in Italian that translates features and reviews of world press. The feature is by Andrew Rice of The Nation (USA). “After 20 years since the end of apartheid – as written on […]

RELATION MAY NOT SOUR BETWEEN NIGERIA AND THE US

With the December 25th incident, when a young Nigeria wanted to blow up a US airliner, carrying 300 passengers to Detroit, almost any measure can be consider necessary to discourage a similar evil act. In one of their reactions, the United States and some European countries have, in a new safety measure, tightened up security […]

Facebook application to end poverty

http://apps.facebook.com/causes/402165 This one above is a link to a Facebook application to end extreme poverty in Africa by 2025. This is one of the Millenium Goals set by the United Nations. Donations will go to no-profit Millennium Promise Alliance, Inc “Our vision – as written on Facebook – is to end extreme poverty worldwide by […]

"Football fables" – a film about African football

“Football Fables” is a movie about African football and the migration process that takes talented teenager to big European football clubs.The film was awarded last December in Palermo, Italy, during the Sport film festival. Here below you will find: a film trailer, a interview to director Baff Akoto on BBC radio, and images of the […]

Somalia: the death fall off in 2009

Human rights group in Somalia had said on Thursday that the casualties of the street fighting between government forces backed by AU peacekeepers and the insurgents in Mogadishu has fell out in the year of 2009. A Mogadishu based Human Rights group of Elman said more than 1700 people, mostly civilians, were killed the fighting […]

Somali Islamist rebel send forces to Yemen

Image via Wikipedia Somali Islamist rebel group said on Friday they will send fighters to Al Qaeda in Yemen as to support Yemen rebel group those fighting Yemen military forces. Al-shabaab senior official Sheikh Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansour that pledges loyalty to Al-Qaeda, declared the plan as he addressing hundreds of newly-trained fighters in the […]

Somalia: Man attempts to blow up plane

A Somali man was arrested in Mogadishu after being suspected of attempting to board an aircraft, Somali officials have announced. Officials said the man had chemicals, liquid and a syringe, same material to those used by the Nigerian man accused of attempting to blast a plane on Christmas Day. The man was arrested at the Mogadishu […]

SA: 4 arrested for killing Somali man

Image via Wikipedia South Africa Police told on Thursday that a 20 year Somali man was stabbed to death in a robbery at his shop in Cape Town. Police spokesperson Captain Joe Wilson said a man went to the shop on Delft residence in the Cape Town under the pretence of using the pay phone […]