DR Congo: march in Bruxelles

A march for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been held yesterday in Bruxelles, the capital of Belgium. The protesters were demanding a 2000 soldiers missions of the European army to be sent in the DRC to stop the killings of innocent civilians. Protesters were also accusing the President of the DRC, Joseph Kabila, […]

DR Congo: Lubanga trial is of historical importance

“The trial of Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, which begins on January 26, is considered a milestone for human rights, international justice, and the International Criminal Court, ICC, in The Hague”, the Nowregian council for Afrika reports citing the Institute of War and Peace Reporting. The iwpr writes: “The Lubanga trial will be the […]

Tunisia: Abdallah will meet Frattini in Rome

The foreign secretary of Tunisia, Abdelwahab Abdallah, will meet tomorrow his Italian colleague, Franco Frattini, in Rome. The meeting will start around at noon in the Farnesina headquarter, the Italian foreign ministry said in a press release.

Zimbabwe: Motlanthe urges SADC to solve crisis

The president of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, said yesterday, Monday the 26 of January, that a resolution to the crisis in Zimbabwe must be found and that the time for talking was over. He said this during an extraordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit.

African views on Obama's election

We copy and paste a comment related to our time and president Obama‘s election. It is a few lines blog post that inspired us. It is available at southafricanproject.org/blog, by the title “looking beyond our borders”. We can no longer afford indifference outside our borders. The words of President Obama rocked the nation today. We […]

Italy's Camera approves treaty with Libya

From the Parliament: Chamber: Green light for Italy-Libya treaty 22 January 2009 The Chamber of Deputies has approved the bill for the ratification of the friendship, partnership and cooperation treaty between Italy and Libya signed on 30 August 2008 by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and the Libyan leader, Gheddafi. The bill, which now goes to […]

New opportunities for students in North Africa

The Italian foreign ministry website has just published a list of countries and institutions offering grants and opportunities to students willing to relocale for a period of time. The participants will be younger than 35 years of age.  The offering African countries are Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. This is the web address where you will […]

Immigration and you !

Africanews.it correspondent Peter Ewanfoh Obehi reviewed last 18th January about recent changes in Italy‘s immigration laws. “If today is world immigrant’s day, then it’s a moment of reflection about those who for one reason or the other are compel to live in other people’s countries. Apart from the universal human right declaration, which presses for […]

Cairo's book fair will host Italian culture

“Image of Italy: Books as worldwide ambassadors for Italian culture” is the title of the Italian cultural initiative to the Cairo’s International Book Fair. This year is the third time Italy takes part to the Cairo’s book fair. The Fair takes places in the Eliopolis exhibition district until the 2 of February 2009.

Norwegian council for Afrika launches blogger list

The Norwegian council for Afrika published yesterday a web page of some of the most well known African bloggers. Su www.afrika.no/blog sarà possibile avere un panorama degli ultimi post dall’Africa. These are the African bloggers listed by the Norwegian council for Afrika: