Italian foreign minister, Franco Frattini, has arrived today in Africa. Until the 13th of February he will visit Angola, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Senegal. “Italy – as written in a press release by the Italian foreign minister – thinks that Africa is an important actor for the solution of global and regional problems. In this […]
Category: politics
Who told the children about Washington?
We publish a report by Ewanfoh Peter from Verona, Italy, about Obama’s oath as president of the Usa. The report was written before the inauguration in Washington last 20 January 2009. Although these little children of African migrants have lived the few years of their lives in the Italian society without seeing the colour […]
"Asylum right denied", humanitarian associations
Several humanitarian organizations denounced, on January 23, the terrible situation in Lampedusa (Italy). In a press note asked, now more than ten days ago, a meeting with Interior Minister, Roberto Maroni. Reached by phone, Amnesty International told us that still have not received a reply and that nothing has changed since then in Lampedusa. “Different […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
HUMAN RIGHT, MAKE IT RIGHT!
It’s over 60 years since the world ended its brutal war which saw horrible death and destruction in many parts of the world. It was only natural that in trying to heal the wounds resulted from the human failure, the world leaders wanted to demonstrate that they care, by putting on paper a fine proposal […]
Algeria: Medelci meets Italian colleague Frattini
Algerian foreign minister Medelci has just met Italian colleague Frattini in Rome. This is for preparing the second Algeria-Italy summit to be hosted in Algiers before the end of December this year. Both foreign minister stressed their common view on the steps Italy and Algeria will have to take for the improvement of their relationship. […]
“Sino-Africa partnership is strategic” – Zhang Bin
“In the new century, Sino-African relation is the new type strategic partnership, aiming at down-to-earth and pragmatic cooperation”, professor Zhang Bin of China institute of international studies said during his speech at the Forum on Africa’s development ended in Taormina last Friday the 3rd of October. “China is the largest developing country in the world”, […]