“I have no reply to Mrs. Ortu nor to her incredible personal insults”, Italian minister for Foreign Affairs, Franco Frattini, said today in a press release published on the foreign ministry website (www.esteri.it). This reply comes after a protest carried out by Mrs. Giovanna Ortu in front of government building palazzo Chigi in Rome. This […]
La Reunion: international film festival
The “Festival international du film d’Afrique et des îles” will be hosted in La Reunion island, in the middle of the Indian Ocean, from tomorrow 4 of October until the 12. The event is dedicated to the best African movies and its diasporas.
Touadi will speak at a conference about human rights in Rome
The first Italian Mp with African origins, Jean Leonard Touadi, will take part in a conference about human rights manages by the “La Gabbianella Onlus” and Rita Levi-Montalcini foundation. Nobel Montalcini will be honour guest of the conference in Rome. After the presentation and the speech of Luciano Ardesi, national secretary of Lega per i […]
“Investors come to Africa” governor Fundanga
“Conferences like this one are a good opportunity to show Italians a little about Africa and about good opportunities both for Africans and Europeans”, Caleb Fundanga, governor of the Bank of Zambia said during the conference on Africa development in course in Taormina, Sicily. Below you can watch the video “Everybody is welcome”, Fundanga, Bank […]
Ethiopia: foreign minister Seyoum meets Italian counterpart Frattini
Italian foreign ministry secretary, Franco Frattini, has met in Rome the Ethiopian minister, Mesfin Seyoum. The meeting, just after a couple of weeks of the replacement of the Axum obelisque – for which the Ethiopian diplomacy thanked Italy during its intervention in the UN General assembly – represents a chance to stress how special the […]
Ghanian student beaten by Italian police in Parma (Italy)
A student from Ghana, Emmanuel Bonsu, 22 years old, has been beaten by Italian police in the north Italian city of Parma. It seems that he was mistaken for a drug dealer. The version of the student about what happened to him will be checked by the Carabinieri, the Italian police, after he made an […]
African geospatial industry focus on open source software
The FOSS4G conference opened yesterday in Cape Town, South Africa, by the title “Open Source Geospatial: An Option for Developing Nations”. Developing nations are very interested in this topic. Proving that open source software is a truly affordable solutions could lead to the development of a competitive geospatial industry for countries which could not afford […]
Egypt: Italian foreign ministry confirms liberation
The Italian foreign ministry, mr. Frattini, has confirmed the liberation of Italian hostages taken in Egypt last 19 of September with other tourists. The news has been published on the Italian foreign ministry website. From Belgrade, where the ministry is for a mission, Frattini said that the liberation “is the result of an international partnership […]
Meeting: Rome will remember Abdul Guibre
Bookshop GRIOT will host tomorrow, 19th September, a “marathon of reading” to remember Abdul Guibre. “No aggravation!” is the title of the event that will see the participation of actors, writers and intellectuals. All will remember the young Italian, 19 years old, with origins in Burkina Faso killed in Milan. “No aggravation!”
Kenya: Obama mania hits the whole country
Every Kenyan now wants to be identified with the US democratic presidential candidate senator Barack Obama as traders cash in on the euphoria. Thousands of Kenyans are rushing to buy T-shirts, caps, badges, scarves and other apparel with Obama’s portrait. In fact the country’s prime minister Raila Odinga is now wearing a badge with Obama’s […]