The Africa I Hope For

Africanews.it correspondent Rhodah Mashavave, reports about how her recent travel to Germany made her thinking about her home country and continent.

Kibaki Supports Strong East Africa Economic Bloc

120 million people on a land of 1,8 millions square km with a combined GDP of 41 billion dollars. This is East Africa, the region of Mr Kibaki, president of Kenya.

Algeria: ES Sétif wins 2nd in a row Arab cup

In a stadium fully packed of people, Entente de Sétif (ESS) wins its second Arab Cup trophy against WA Casablanca.

African art is welcomed in Italy, not artists

Italian journalist Stefania Ragusa reports on her blog how African arts are ever more nowadays exported and made by people not living anywhere near Africa.

South Africa: Unitedforafrica.co.za maps xenophobia

First there was Ushahidi.com for post-election crisis in Kenya, now there’s Unitedforafrica.co.za mapping xenophobia in the country of Nelson Mandela. Websites are growing in Africa letting the world know what’s happening in the continent.

Morocco and Algeria about to normalise relations

On Friday, Morocco leaders declared to be willing to normalise relations with Algeria, according to sources of APA (African press agency).

Ilaria Alpi, Italian journalist killed in Somalia, panorama of informations on the web

The 24th of May 1961 Ilaria Alpi was born. She was an Italian journalist. She has been killed the 20th of March 1994 in Mogadishu, Somalia, with her TV operator Miran Hrovatin.

Kenya: president Kibaki calls for modernisation

Kenyan president, Mwai Kibaki, has called all members of the East African Community (EAC) to brighten up the spirit of the community and to make new steps to improve the federation which is made of five countries.

Zimbabwe: civil society campaign against abused right

Civil society organisations in Africa have managed to show solidarity with victims of rights abuses in Zimbabwe on Sunday, 25 May 2008.

ICORN meets to discuss issues of persecuted journalists and writers

ICORN, the International Cities of Refuge Network, has recently held a general assembly in Norway. Subject: issues surrounding persecuted journalists. Some of them are from Iraq.