Today and tomorrow, Italian foreign minister, Franco Frattini, will meet the authorities of Somalia for the meeting of the “International Contact Group on Somalia”. The group gathers international actors (states and international organizations) more committed to the peace process in Somalia, currently chaired by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Somalia, Ambassador […]
Sierra Leone: women need help
We republish here an article that first appeared on Mobilizing media (http://www.jhr.ca/en/donate_hp.php). Imagine returning home from your husband’s funeral, only to find your key no longer fits in the door.
Shell and the Blood of Decades Past
Ken Saro-Wiwa and his eight fellow Ogoni-brothers were executed in 1995 by the Nigerian military government and the real cause of their death is still inflaming fire in the Niger Delta. What makes Nigeria one of the leading oil producers in the world is Niger Delta, yet the indigenous people who should have counted the […]
It's time of Africa Fashion Week
The ARISE Africa Fashion Week will be held in Johannesburg (South Africa) from the 12 to 20 June 2009. The event is sponsored by the monthly magazine Arise, a publication launched in February 2009 to promote African achievement in fashion, music, culture, business and politics.
Immigrants prepare their own voice
Describing the immigrants with any form of negativity and demeaning comments is no longer new in Italy. Like the two sides of a coin however, the story is been dragged to a balance view, because some immigrants are now refusing to lay low in their created ghettos and they are calling others to do the […]
Nigeria: STOP THE FIRE!
Perhaps nothing less is best expected in the Niger Delta where the largest army in Africa is taking up a tiny group of dissidents with their military hardware. The falling victims from the ongoing assault have been attracting plenty of attention across the globe. The armed group who called themselves MEND, Movement for the Emancipation […]
Africa day: celebrations in Addis Ababa
“Towards A United, Peaceful and Prosperous Africa” is the title given for this year celebration of Africa day which also marks the first anniversary of Africanews.it The Day is observed with respect to the creation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), by its founding fathers on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the […]
Angola: country presentation in Rome tomorrow
A ‘country presentation‘ for Angola will take place tomorrow in Rome, at the Foreign office headquarter called ‘Farnesina’. The meeting will start at 10 am. The event is organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is the first in a series of “Country Presentations” to promote greater economic interaction between Africans and Italians to […]
DR Congo: UN Security Council's visit. What now?
As part of strengthening the partnership for peace with the African Union (AU), a delegation from the Security Council of the United Nations (UN), led by the French ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert, has visited Africa for some time. Addis Ababa, Kigali, Kinshasa, Goma in North Kivu and Liberia’s capital, Monrovia.
Ghana Awaits Obama In High Hope
He is like a rare angel the world hasn’t seen for a long time. His electoral victory ignited the poorest continent in the world. Many even claimed they have seen their messiah although he is far away in the White house. But with the global economic meltdown, his inherited two wars and the long line […]