In a message that we received via email from journalist Daniele Barbieri, it is announced an important venue during the women’s day in Italy. “This year in Piazza del Popolo (Rome, Italy) – the mail reads – there will be a demonstration organized by the Coordination of Women’s Network Against Racism whose main themes are ...
We received an email about the fact that Southafrican leader Helen Zille will be wearing a traditional scottish dress made by southafricans during the meeting in Parliament which will be broadcast live next week. This is a major promotional news for Tartans for Africa. Tartans for Africa is a strategic partner of World Women Trade Fair ...
Egypt has won the Africa Cup of Nations against Ghana in Luanda (Angola) today with one goal scored by Mohamed Gedo at the 85th minute. This is a record third successive time Egypt wins the Africa cup. “The substitute Mohamed Gedo scored the winner five minutes from full time after playing a one-two with Mohamed Zidan”, ...
The idea of creating a new state for Haitians who are willing to return to Africa was embraced today in Addis Ababa, in the opening annual summit of African Union (AU). The President of Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade, first made the proposal early this month after the island of Haiti was struck by a powerful earthquake. ...
So far the tenure of Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa, his deputy Fikile Mbalula and Police Commissioner Bheki Cele, has been characterised by rhetorical bombast and ham-fisted populism. With deadly results. Their “shoot-to-kill” comments have led to the murder of at least two innocents. This week they dusted off apartheid-era legislation to subpoena e.tv’s news editor ...
Not often is an intelligent man reduced to such incoherence as was ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe this week when he claimed there was nothing wrong with the ANC benefiting from multibillion-rand contracts in Eskom’s new-build programme. He was defending the indefensible and he knew it, since it is a point long conceded by his ...
South Africans might be hoping that the three-day cabinet lekgotla which wrapped up yesterday gives rise to a fresh commitment to addressing the many challenges facing the country. These range from what is now an obvious crisis in education to the failure of service delivery, with quite a lot in between. President Jacob Zuma’s well-intentioned ...
In a country where the only voice the government respects is violence, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta is warming up for more. The rebel group, which said they are fighting for a better share of the oil revenue in their impoverished land, called an indefinite ceasefire October 2009. It was in response to ...
The film about immigration in southern Italy by Pino Esposito, “The new south of Italy” has received a big success in Solothurn film festival, in Switzerland. The show has been followed by a participated debate with hundreds of demanding and participating visitors. Africanews.it took part with videos and photos about Africans in Rosarno. The director of the movie, ...
The film “The new south of Italy” is now shown in the Swiss film festival. Africanews.it took part with videos about the situations of Africans in Rosarno. The projection of the movie will be followed by a debate in Italian and Swiss German. ...
