Due to technical problems we publish now the interview Africanews.it made the 13th of November to Liliane Ndirira Mugombozi, editor of New City-Nouvelle cité.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpyQEZ_z9dc&feature=player_embedded Firenze-Africa
A true African history
What follows is a video (in French) about the true history of king Leopold II of Belgium in RDC. genocide_congodi caidland
"Le scimmie verdi" (Green monkeys)
“Le scimmie verdi” (Green monkeys) is a small but important Italian performance for theatres and small audiences by writer and poet Hamid Barole Abdu and journalist Daniele Barbieri. It is a very nice try to stress the emerging racism and difficult relations of the Italians with other cultures and people from different backgrounds.
Congo: Italy sends humanitarian aid
The Italian Embassy in Kinshasa, in collaboration with the Italian cooperation office in the city of Goma and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), will launch a 20-day humanitarian assistance initiative on behalf of the refugees in North Kivu region. The Italian initiative will benefit 9000 families, an estimated 50,000 people.
A multicolor film festival in Verona
The 28th edition of the Verona Film Festival, in north Italy, ended the 22nd of November. Peter Ewanfoh Obehi reports. An army of cultural spectators stormed K2 cinema hall on Friday, 14 November, as the 28th African film festival of Verona flags off with high optimism. By 8:30 pm, it has already started and it […]
Tunisia: business proposals now open
The “Reinforcement of institutional capacities of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA) in foreign investments attraction” is a project advertised on www.esteri.it. Proposals can be sent until 9 January 2009.
Ethiopia: business opportunities now open
Two business opportunities are advertised on the Italian Foreign ministry website, www.esteri.it It is about the “Supply of Stencil Duplicating Machines for Elementary Schools in Oromia Regional State” and the “Strengthening Regional Development Planning in Oromya Region”.
Ivory Coast host first conference on cybersecurity
Tomorrow Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, will host the “Cybersecurity in Africa” conference. It will be the first time that such event takes place in the Continent. The meeting, which will be hosted by the President hotel right in the centre of Ivory Coast, West Africa, is organised by the Ivory Coast government and the International organisation […]
Malawi: Open Access 2008 started
Lilongwe (Malawi) is hosting the Open Access 2008 conference. It will last until the 14th of November. It is a very important event because it stresses the importance of access to new technologies as this is supposed to bring social and economical growth.
Mama Africa mourned by Italians and the world
South African singer Miriam Zenzi Makeba, also known as Mama Africa, died in Castel Volturno, near Naples, Italy, last Sunday the 9th of November. Italians and the world at large mourn and remember the artist, symbol of the civil rights and of the anti apartheid movement in South Africa.