"Africa's water woes", CNN

This week “Inside Africa” on CNN is about water in Africa. It’s an inspiring video, so we thought it is good to share it.

Music: Kouyate starts new traditional African sound

People in Italy often says that there is little innovation in music. But after a careful watch it is possible to discover unexplored sounds with deep and strong roots. These are sounds that come from hidden humanity, strong friendships that overcome any race, religions and lifestyles boundaries. Lao Kouyate is a truly music innovator. His […]

"We're making history", Mugombozi

Due to technical problems we publish now the interview Africanews.it made the 13th of November to Liliane Ndirira Mugombozi, editor of New City-Nouvelle cité.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpyQEZ_z9dc&feature=player_embedded Firenze-Africa

A true African history

What follows is a video (in French) about the true history of king Leopold II of Belgium in RDC. genocide_congodi caidland

"Le scimmie verdi" (Green monkeys)

“Le scimmie verdi” (Green monkeys) is a small but important Italian performance for theatres and small audiences by writer and poet Hamid Barole Abdu and journalist Daniele Barbieri. It is a very nice try to stress the emerging racism and difficult relations of the Italians with other cultures and people from different backgrounds.

Congo: Italy sends humanitarian aid

The Italian Embassy in Kinshasa, in collaboration with the Italian cooperation office in the city of Goma and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), will launch a 20-day  humanitarian assistance initiative on behalf of the refugees in North Kivu region. The Italian initiative will benefit 9000 families, an estimated 50,000 people.

A multicolor film festival in Verona

The 28th edition of the Verona Film Festival, in north Italy, ended the 22nd of November.  Peter Ewanfoh Obehi reports. An army of cultural spectators stormed K2 cinema hall on Friday, 14 November, as the 28th African film festival of Verona flags off with high optimism. By 8:30 pm, it has already started and it […]

Tunisia: business proposals now open

The “Reinforcement of institutional capacities of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA) in foreign investments attraction” is a project advertised on www.esteri.it. Proposals can be sent until 9 January 2009.

Ethiopia: business opportunities now open

Two business opportunities are advertised on the Italian Foreign ministry website, www.esteri.it It is about the “Supply of Stencil Duplicating Machines for Elementary Schools in Oromia Regional State” and the “Strengthening Regional Development Planning in Oromya Region”.

Ivory Coast host first conference on cybersecurity

Tomorrow Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, will host the “Cybersecurity in Africa” conference. It will be the first time that such event takes place in the Continent. The meeting, which will be hosted by the President hotel right in the centre of Ivory Coast, West Africa, is organised by the Ivory Coast government and the International organisation […]