Abdelaziz Bouteflika is reelected as president of Algeria for third consecutive mandate in office. 12,911,705 votes were counted in favour of the former president during the elections held esterday Thursday 9 April 2009. Bouteflika won a 90.24 percent majority, as stated by the Minister of State, Minister of Interior and Local Authorities Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni […]
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South Africa: Klein Karoo festival ends
The Klein Karoo National Arts festival 2009 will end tomorrow 11 April in Oudtshoorn, South Africa. This year the venue hosted a great variety of artists. Among them: Johnny Clegg and Jack Hammer. As stated on Ictc.org, “First launched as an Afrikaans-only culture event, the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK) in Oudtshoorn has evolved […]
Algeria: polls open for presidential elections
“The policy of the ‘empty chair‘ does not meet the agreement of all the militants,” so it’s written on the website monde-diplomatique.fr
South Africa: Splashy Fen 2009 starts tomorrow
The Splashy Fen music festival 2009 will starts tomorrow in South Africa. Julie Baker, Nonchalant and Wrestlerish will be some of the artists that will entertain the public until next monday. Supported by East Coast radio and by the tourism of KwaZulu-Natal, the festival will be hosted near Underberg and will take place until the […]
Rwanda remembers 1994 genocide
Rwanda commemorates today the 15th anniversary of the 1994 genocide that killed more than one million people. The president of Rwanda, Paul Kigame, has started the ceremonies with the national anthem. The ceremony takes place in Nyanza, a hill surrounding the Rwandan capital Kigali, where thousands of people seeking protection have been killed in 1994. […]
Book: "Flee from the darkness" by JP. Pougala
“In fuga dalle tenebre” (“flee from the darkness”) is the autobiography of Jean-Paul Pougala, a Cameroon citizen who fought hard to get his graduation in Italy, in the business course of the University of Perugia. He is nowadays a businessman working in three continents: China, Europe and Africa. This is a book that you can […]
Seven foreigners chosen to become Nigerians
Saying that people should be free to live where they want might be unacceptable to some, but globalization and the big pool of human insatiable exigencies is fast rewriting the human history. It’s not the first time that foreigners have fought to posses the green passport of Nigeria, a country often battered due to the […]
Nigeria: government offer is ‘unrealistic’ – Mend
The Mend (Movement for the emancipation of Niger Delta) said that the offer of the Federal Government is ‘unrealistic’.
Botswana: diamonds may not save from global crisis
One of the main resources of Botswana are diamonds. Though these may not keep the country safe from the consequences of the global economic crisis. The news appeared today on irinnews.org
Nigeria: two women Celebrate Africa… traveling
Two Nigerian young women has started a tour of Africa to ‘celebrate Africa’ showing the world a Continent that is not only famine and corrupt politicans. “Here – they write on their website celebrateafrica.net – you’ll see the sights and sounds of Africa, from the eyes of two young women traveling across the continent. No images […]