Italian Interior Minister Anna Maria Cancellieri said on Wednesday 16th May that 1,056 undocumented migrants on a total of 23 boats have landed in Italy from Libya and Tunisia so far this year. The migrants arrived mainly in the southern regions of Apulia and Calabria, as well as the tiny island of Lampedusa south of [...]
Former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has launched an international campaign for urgent action to address the education crisis in Africa’s newest nation. Mr. Brown is calling on the World Bank, Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and other international organisations to educate the children of South Sudan, particularly in light of the country’s ongoing fragility. [...]
Vodacom customers in this East African nation can expect some roaming savings when travelling to nine African countries where the mobile phone company and its various partners operates. The countries include South Africa, Mozambique, Lesotho, DRC Congo, Ghana (all Vodafone), Kenya (Safaricom), Rwanda, Uganda (MTN), Uganda (UTL) and Burundi (UCOM). The company annunced today that customers travelling [...]
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Rome and throughout the world! “Surrexit Christus, spes mea” – “Christ, my hope, has risen”. (Excerpts – on Africa) May the jubilant voice of the Church reach all of you with the words which the ancient hymn puts on the lips of Mary Magdalene, the first to encounter the risen [...]
People power prevailed when the Senegalese electorate voted for Macky Sall as their country’s new President, defeating the incumbent, Abdoulaye Wade, whose controversial decision to contest a third term led to massive demonstrations against him, which left six people dead. The constitution was amended to limit the presidential term to two, with the 85-year-old Wade [...]
Recent Nobel Prize laureate, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia who assumed the chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) at the end of January inherited a malaria campaign that has made significant progress, yet faces real challenges in terms of funding. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there has been a 33% [...]
The Secretary General of the African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas presented a list of key priorities, which aims to set the tone in the lead up to the ACP Heads of State Summit to be held this December in Equatorial Guinea. Speaking to journalists Friday February 10th, Chambas [...]
President Ali Bongo Ondimba, officially opened the Stade de l’Amitié, also known as the ‘friendship stadium’ on Sunday 27th November in the presence of the Chinese Ambassador, Mrs Li Fushun. The stadium has a 320metre long metal arch structure, the largest in Africa, built to represent the friendship that has been established between Gabon and [...]
African visionary and International designer Ozwald Boateng, has collaborated, it was announced last week, with Nigerian businessman Kola Aluko, and Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Limited, to establish a multi-million dollar charitable organisation. The organisation, Made In Africa Foundation, is dedicated to bringing innovative ideas and capital to Africa, whilst also focusing on the first stage [...]
The CEMAC Market Opportunity (CMO) conference that took place at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London in October was led by founding chairman Elizabeth Andony-Traore, and focused on potential investment within the region. The Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) is comprised of six countries located in Central Africa; Cameroon, Central African Republic, [...]
