At a time when the U.S. Secretary of State decides to make a diplomatic tour in seven African countries, Rwanda’s Paul Kagame and Joseph Kabila also agreed to make clear to the world their desire to bury the hatchet of the war in the Great Lakes region. This is the reason of the meeting this […]
Cultural diversity is the future – Raphael D’abdon
We republish here a list of Africans and migrant authors, writers and artists living in Italy. This post, published on kaganof.com/kagablog, stress how important african and migrants are to Italian and European literature and arts.
US policy expert explains Clinton trip to Africa
In this video Colin Thomas-Jensen talks about Secretary Clinton’s trip in Africa. Secretary Clinton in Africa from AmericanProgress on Vimeo.
"Immigration does not mean criminality" – Touadi
After the law tackling down immigration altogether has come into effect last 8 of August, we publish the interview Africanews.it did last 3 of July in Rome to Jean-Leonard Touadi, the first Italian black MP born in Congo Brazzaville. Africanews.it interview Jean-Leonard Touadi, first Italian black MP from AfricanewsITALY on Vimeo.
Kenya: Nairobi will host Kelele conference
The annual conference of African blogger will be held tomorrow in Nairobi, Kenya. The event will last until the 16th of August. According to the news published on Globavoices.org, “Kelele is an annual African bloggers’ conference which will be held for the first time in August 13th – 16th 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya”. “According to […]
Niger: referendum stops president
The referendum in Niger, held last week, has been successfull in stopping the actual president to be reelected. In particular, the referendum’s result stopped a change to the 1999 constitution that would have paved the way for “Mamadou Tandja, the incumbent president, to potentiality rule indefinitel”, AlJazeera English reports. The opposition had encouraged Niger’s voters […]
Africans in Messina begs for help
Yesterday’s protests in Messina (Sicily, Italy) against the bridge that will link mainland Italy with Sicily, there were not just men, women and Italian children but also African citizens who usually survive in Rosarno (Calabria region).
Nigeria: order to kill Yusuf came from Presidency
The order to kill the Nigerian Taliban leader, Mohammed Yusuf, came from the Presidency, according to the African blogger Chidi Opara reports (www.chidioparareports.blogspot.com) in touch with “well place security contacts in Abuja”.
Caulonia (Italy): "A KICK TO RACISM"
Caulonia, a small town near Reggio Calabria (southern Italy), wil host a special football 5-by-side tournament from August 3 to 5. All teams will be made by migrants and asylum seekers in Italy. The tournament will also host African citizens usually surviving in Rosarno. Here below you can find the program that includes meetings and […]
Habari! Travel between Italy and Africa
It is about to start this “Habari! a tragicomic journey from the slums of Nairobi to self-occupied Italy”. This is a laboratory test with lyrics and music (African percussion) by Valentina Acava Mmaka and Peter Kuria Asamba who want to focus on the contradictions of Italy and think about common themes (racism, work, art, poverty, […]