South Africa condoles with China's quake victims

South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday offered condolences to China’s quake victims, expressing his full confidence in the Chinese authorities in handling the earthquake which had killed about 600 people in China’s Qinghai Province. “It is unfortunate that natural disasters have become a common phenomenon around the world and continue to gravely afflict humanity […]

23-4 African nightout in Rennes (France)

An African nightout will be held in Rennes (France) the 23rd of April by 7pm. The message apperead on Facebook. In the program:Boeuf afro, african percussionsrestauration type “auberge espagnol” or “african”!you bring something to eat and to share!!! free price, everyone gives what she/he wants 23 April 2010 in Grand Cordel from 1900 — Soirée […]

Ivorian Lohoues in Catania for the Labisi award

Former justice minister of Ivory Coast, Jacqueline Lohoues – Oble, will be present in Catania (Italy) tomorrow afternoon for the “Antonietta Labisi” award. The ceremony will be held in Nettuno hotel by 6pm. What follow is the press release of the association. The International Association “Antonietta Labisi”, recognized by the United Nations Association on the […]

Inflating the cost of café, only for Africans clients

Instead of the usual price of 90 cent for a cup of café, a Chinese bar owner is charging 1 euro for her African clients, and she said she was told to do so by her Italian clients. The incident as was reported this morning by Leggo newspaper actually happened on the Sunday of Easter. […]

"Women and immigration in Rome" prix, 14-3

SUNDAY 14 MARCH Award ceremony for photo competition “Women and Migration in Rome” at the “Nylon” Trastevere.

Anti-racism protests in Italy

Today in Milan and tomorrow (6 March) in Modena there will be some protests in front of CIE (Centre for Identification and Expulsion)  “against racism, in solidarity with Joy being jailed in Modena’s CIE and all migrants in hunger strike” as written on noinonsiamocomplici.noblogs.org

Milan (Italy): migrants continue hunger strike

The detainee of the CIE (Centre for Identification and Expulsion) in via Corelli in Milan (Italy) are continuing today their hunger strike which started yesterday. They strike against the detention period of six months, against terrible conditions of living inside the CIE and in solidarity with the journalists of Macerie who have been arrested in […]

Rosarno: No 'ndrangheta march

On 23 January 2010, the students of Rosarno marched through the streets of the city where Africans migrants have been expelled after being attacked by local residents armed with guns and sticks on 8 January 2010 and on the following days. Nowadays just very few Africans still lives in Rosarno, southern Italy.

Africanews.it presented on Italian SkyTG24

The 23 January 2010, Africanews.it has been presented on “IoReporter”, an in-depth TV program of the Italian SkyTG24 Io Reporter – SkyTg24 – 41a puntata 230110 di IoReporterSkyTG24

African baby taken from police station in London

We republish this news from the BBC in the hope that somebody might know this and help in the search that is going on in London. A hunt is under way for an 18-month-old girl taken from a police station. Audrey Kessie Nyanor’s mother, 36, was arrested on Thursday in Southwark, south-east London over alleged […]