The Splashy Fen music festival 2009 will starts tomorrow in South Africa. Julie Baker, Nonchalant and Wrestlerish will be some of the artists that will entertain the public until next monday. Supported by East Coast radio and by the tourism of KwaZulu-Natal, the festival will be hosted near Underberg and will take place until the […]
Rwanda remembers 1994 genocide
Rwanda commemorates today the 15th anniversary of the 1994 genocide that killed more than one million people. The president of Rwanda, Paul Kigame, has started the ceremonies with the national anthem. The ceremony takes place in Nyanza, a hill surrounding the Rwandan capital Kigali, where thousands of people seeking protection have been killed in 1994. […]
Book: "Flee from the darkness" by JP. Pougala
“In fuga dalle tenebre” (“flee from the darkness”) is the autobiography of Jean-Paul Pougala, a Cameroon citizen who fought hard to get his graduation in Italy, in the business course of the University of Perugia. He is nowadays a businessman working in three continents: China, Europe and Africa. This is a book that you can […]
Seven foreigners chosen to become Nigerians
Saying that people should be free to live where they want might be unacceptable to some, but globalization and the big pool of human insatiable exigencies is fast rewriting the human history. It’s not the first time that foreigners have fought to posses the green passport of Nigeria, a country often battered due to the […]
Nigeria: government offer is ‘unrealistic’ – Mend
The Mend (Movement for the emancipation of Niger Delta) said that the offer of the Federal Government is ‘unrealistic’.
Botswana: diamonds may not save from global crisis
One of the main resources of Botswana are diamonds. Though these may not keep the country safe from the consequences of the global economic crisis. The news appeared today on irinnews.org
Nigeria: two women Celebrate Africa… traveling
Two Nigerian young women has started a tour of Africa to ‘celebrate Africa’ showing the world a Continent that is not only famine and corrupt politicans. “Here – they write on their website celebrateafrica.net – you’ll see the sights and sounds of Africa, from the eyes of two young women traveling across the continent. No images […]
London In A Burning Fire
Rather than ask who set the fire, you better hold your breath because everybody is working to put it out first. One man was only a little known outside his home town, but in the heart of this winter he suddenly became the world most powerful human being. Yesterday, he was forced by the burning […]
"Nothing but the truth" wins in Milan
The Southafrican “Nothing but the truth” by John Kani is the best African film awarded yesterday during the 19th edition of the Film Festival of Africa, Asia and Latin America held annually in Milan. The 7500 euro award has been given by three Italian journalists: Silvio Danese, Daniela Ducoli and Gabriele Porro. The Indonesian “Jermal” […]
Love. What Does It Mean To You?
The love of many has grown cold, a preacher once cried out. But as a visiting Nigerian Rev. Father, Anthony Alimnonu CSSP from Rome told a hugely packed audience today in an Easter retreat, organized by the African Catholic Community of Verona, the love of God is beyond any measure. The Biblical reflection was drawn […]