Building Energy receives visit from South African Minister of Small Business Development Lindiwe Zulu guest of the Italian company that built in South Africa the biggest solar park in the African continent. Milan, March 20th 2015 – Building Energy, Italian independent power producer from renewable sources, received the visit of Lindiwe Zulu, South African […]
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Women in the African cinema of FCAT
The Mujeres por África Foundation will award the best actress of the eight films that compete in the “Long-Sightedness” section
Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership
President Hifikepunye Pohamba wins the 2014 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership President Hifikepunye Pohamba has been named as the winner of the 2014 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. Established in 2007, the Ibrahim Prize recognises and celebrates excellence in African leadership. The Ibrahim Prize aims to encourage leaders who fully dedicate […]
Nile dam: “the only solution is negotiation”
Interview with minister counsellor of Ethiopia at the Embassy of Ethiopia in Rome, Italy. Part 1 of 2. Part 2 of 2
Nigeria: the Imprint of Boko Haram on the Campaign
Olabisi Shoaga The forthcoming elections in Nigeria will be special in at least two ways from the preceding ones. First, they are the first elections since the country’s return to democratic rule in 1999 that will be contested by two similarly matched political parties: the People’s Democratic Party of the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan and […]
Nigerian Elections: the Political Plot as a Psychodrama
Kaius Ikejezi The approaching of elections compels whoever is concerned to pounder Nigerian politics and so happened to the Author of this short commentary.
Paris-France and Baga-Nigeria: Two Crimes, Two Standards
Olabisi Shoaga International reaction to the attacks on the satirical magazine “Charlie Hebdo” and the Hebrew shop in Paris, in which seventeen people lost their lives, is not comparable to the attention for the Boko Haram massacre of an estimated two thousand people in Baga, North Eastern, Nigeria, earlier that same week. While international leaders […]
Nigeria’s elections charade
The rumors had been swirling around the Nigerian capital, Abuja, for days: the government was going to find some way to delay the presidential election in Africa’s most populous and economically powerful country. The vote was to be held on Feb. 14. There were court cases, complaints about voter card distribution and the ability of […]
Nigeria’s elections are expected to be highly contentious
With the ruling party facing a credible opposition for the first time since the restoration of civilian rule, Nigeria’s upcoming general elections are expected to be highly contentious. Risks will emanate in a wave of voting disruptions in the northeastern states and possible post-electoral reprisals in the event that the results are deemed invalid. With less […]
Rwanda’s Untold Story. A Commentary on the BBC Two Documentary
Criticism of current Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his administration is on the rise. This twist in the premier’s uncontested 20-year reign has mostly been sparked by the exodus of many of his closest allies speaking up in exile, at great risk to their lives, to reveal a different story from the one the world […]