Last night the ‘fabrica’ got burned. This is the place where Africans arriving in Italy usually find some job in the field during the winter season while during summer they work in other regions of Italy. This year because of the economic crisis they have no job. Since yesterday the even have no place to […]
Mauritania: high turnout at presidential elections
Mauritania is voting today to elect its president after last year’s coup. Accordingly to many online reports, the turnout of voters is high. “A former military general who ousted this Islamic nation’s first freely elected president – Associated Press reports – is vying to become its legitimate ruler in elections Saturday to return power to […]
Nigeria: inside story on the new Eko Atlantic city
We publish here a video. It is an inside story about the Eko Atlantic city project. For more information you can visit www.ekoatlantic.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33HhrWOkQ58
Ghana: Obama's speech
Yesterday’s speech in Accra by the president of the USA, Barack Obama, has been defined by many as an historic one. It may be too early to say but for sure for Ghana and for Africa this has been a very important moment like few have been in the last few years. For sure it […]
South Africa: Nkoane Mashabane meets Frattini
On the sidelines of the G8 summit, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Africa Maite Nkoane Mashabane.
Dolomites for Africa: 6000 people in the mountains
From the 8th to the 10th of July, the eight most industrialised countries of the world, also known as the ‘G8’, would be meeting in L’Aquila (Italy) and should they wish to forget the often forgettable African continent, more than 6000 concerned individuals went to register their voices yesterday at the high mountains of Dolomites, […]
Guinea Bissau: polls open for Vieira’s successor
Polls are open in Guinea-Bissau for these presidential elections that will choose the country’s president after the assassination of former head of state Joao Bernardo Vieira. “Observers hope that the election in the tiny West African nation, dubbed a “narco-state” for its role as a hub for drugs trafficked from South America to Europe, will […]
Guinea Bissau: Italian media coverage
Guinea Bissau has voted yesterday for the presidential elections. In March and at the beginning of June the former president and the favourite candidate for these elections were killed. Today no Italian newspaper report the news while online just Euronews.net report the news beside the website of Radio Vaticana (Vatican radio).
DOLOMITES EMBRACE AFRICA
We republish here the press release sent to us by Daniela Esposito of Top1 Communication about an event that will take place the 5th of July at noon in Misurina, Italy. The gathering aims to remember the G8 leaders meeting in L’Aquila (Italy) next 8 of July, “to keep the promises they‘ve made towards the […]
Mauritania gets a coalition government
While attending the next general elections, political parties in Mauritania have agreed to form a transitional government ending the military regime installed last year. The elections will be held in Mauritania on the 18 of July 2009 and, eventually, on the 2 of August.