Being one of the so-called advanced countries of the world, Italy is a destination for several thousands of migrants who have decided to abandon their homes for better lives abroad. Nothing good they say, ever come easy. And as for the Italian system with its tight legality and bureaucracy, the dreams of many young migrants […]
International scholarship for African students
Scholarship for African students are available from Australia. The scholarships are promoted by The African Women’s Cancer Awareness Association (AWCAA). People eligible are African students between 18 and 26 years of age and they must enroll “in a graduate or undergraduate full-time degree in the medical field (preferably cancer related studies)”. All informations at: http://tinyurl.com/dj6cg4
“Vite senza permesso”: Italy as seen by migrants
“Lives without permission” by Manuela Foschi is a collection of fourteen interviews with many foreigners living in Italy. The book’s subtitle, “interviews with hawkers migrants” explains who are the interviewed people. Every person in the book share the same history of suffering, of neglected human dignity, of degradation, of people forced to hide, to sleep […]
Nigerian's war against nature
The Island of Lagos is by no means new to the fury of nature, as a ferocious ocean current lord on the entire West Africa gulf. It has even threatened to wash out Victoria Island, one of the most treasured parts of the city. Now the State government has taken the battle back to nature. […]
ICA 2009
We’ve scanned and saved in PDF all documents released during the fifth annual meeting of the ICA (Infrastructure Consortium for Africa), held in Rome the 10 and 11 of March 2009. Below you can click and download them. The table below is just for a quick glimpse of infrastructure projects in Africa as published by […]
Cinema: Teza wins Fespaco
The movie “Teza“, by the Ethiopian director Haile Gerima, has won the 2009 edition of the Africa film festival Fespaco, which ended last 7 March. Among the jury there were Burkina Faso director, Gaston Kaboré, Moufida Tlatli from Tunisia, Ola Balogun from Nigeria and Flora Gomes from Guinea Bissau. Many Italian website reported the news. […]
ICA 2009: new strategy for infrastructures
The global economic crisis and the construction of infrastructures in Africa were the main themes of the fifth annual meeting of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) which ended in Rome last 11th March. According to many participants, the meeting has had important results. Mandla Gantsho, Vice President of the African Development Bank, said that […]
ICA conference starts in Rome
The conference of the Infrastructure consortium for Africa (ICA) has started in Rome today. This is a meeting held as part of the G8 that this year is held by Italy. The main topic of the whole G8 is Africa and the development of the continent. The conference is attended by the Commissioner for Infrastructure […]
Sierra Leone: designer builds african fashion empire
We report here an article that has appeared on csmonitor.com about a fashion designer moving from New York to Sierra Leone to build a fashion empire, a project many people think is pure craziness. But up until now they’re proved somehow wrong. If she were still in New York or Paris – anywhere but here, […]
Black job, how about making it white?
Guardia di Finanza (the custom police) in Arzignano, Vicenza province identified 14 irregular workers after an intense control of factories and other work places, ‘in Città’, a local newspaper reported yesterday. According to the story, the irregular workers, originally from India, among whom four were illegal in Italy were strained to work from 10/12 hours […]