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In Pictures: Vogue Italia celebrates Black History Month

Franca Sozzani, editor for Vogue Italia, continues to prove herself as a bastion of resistance to the racist image that Vogue has carved for...
Facebook, the new health hazard…

Facebook, the new health hazard…

A group of scientists have recently put a forward a theory that seeks to prove a correlation between some ailments and social networking sites...
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When Alicia Keys morphs into a “Chameleon”

African American singer-songwriter, actress, Alicia Keys, who gave birth to her first son, Egypt, last month, posed for the November 2010 edition of Vogue...
Kevin Prince Boateng: The story of a genius in the making

Kevin Prince Boateng: The story of a genius in the making

If imitation is the measure of success then I am a genius, a paraphrased quote from Oscar Wilde credits mavericks and loners whose behaviour...
Football: Eto’o takes home Italy’s second biggest paycheck

Football: Eto’o takes home Italy’s second biggest paycheck

Samuel Eto'o's decision to transfer from FC Barcelona to Inter Milan in 2009 cannot be underestimated. The Cameroonian striker is, according to a list...
Of Gaddafi and Arab racism towards Blacks

Of Gaddafi and Arab racism towards Blacks

"We don't know what will happen, what will be the reaction of the white and Christian Europeans faced with this influx of starving and...
Libya and Spain discuss controversial immigration pact

Libya and Spain discuss controversial immigration pact

Libya and Spain have met ahead of an African and European summit to discuss the development of Africa and the control of illegitimate immigration...
Vogue Paris versus Italian Vogue: Messages for Black people

Vogue Paris versus Italian Vogue: Messages for Black people

Rose Cordero has graced the cover of Vogue Paris. This is the first time in eight years, after the Ethiopian Liya Kedebe, that a...
Will Italy legalise xenophobic and anti-African laws?

Will Italy legalise xenophobic and anti-African laws?

Point-based residence permits, buses for immigrants, removal of public benches to prevent immigrants from gathering… These are some of the new proposals from the...
Ethiopian government admits major dam collapse

Ethiopian government admits major dam collapse

Ethiopian government has confirmed the collapse of the recently inaugurated Gilgel Gibe II hydropower plant; the biggest of the country’s power producing dams with a...
Ghana-Italy: Rajevac stood up by Balotelli

Ghana-Italy: Rajevac stood up by Balotelli

Who will Mario Balotelli play for? Ghana or Italy? The promising Inter forward is torn between his home country and his roots, following Ghana...
Uganda gets tough on rivaling foreign oil companies

Uganda gets tough on rivaling foreign oil companies

The government of Uganda has threatened to throw out rivaling oil companies in the country if their disagreements threaten the exploration of...
Italian foreign minister promises support to Somalia and Uganda

Italian foreign minister promises support to Somalia and Uganda

The Italian minister of foreign affairs, Franco Frattini has said that the government of Italy has committed itself to support, by training and helping...
African Immigrants in Italy: A shadow of ethnic cleansing?

African Immigrants in Italy: A shadow of ethnic cleansing?

To give a dog a bad name in order to hang it has become synonymous to the plight of African immigrants in Italy. The...
Uganda: Heritage Oil to sell two Uganda oil fields

Uganda: Heritage Oil to sell two Uganda oil fields

The exploration company Heritage Oil has agreed to sell its stakes in two Uganda oil fields to Italy’s Eni for $1.5bn, reports BBC. Heritage...
Italy: Anti-immigration law reminiscent of Nazi era mass deportation law?

Italy: Anti-immigration law reminiscent of Nazi era mass deportation law?

Being an illegal immigrant is an offence under a new Italian law, passed on 8 August. The law was promulgated by President Silvio Berlusconi...
Gaddafi, African Union chairman accused of collaborating with Italy against Africans…

Gaddafi, African Union chairman accused of collaborating with Italy against Africans…

Libyan Leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi and current chairman of the African Union, has compared the US to al-Qeada, accused the international community of ignoring...
Immigration: Italy accepts embattled Turkish cargo

Immigration: Italy accepts embattled Turkish cargo

After four days of talks, Italy finally decided to accept Sunday, 140 African migrants rescued from a sinking ship by a Turkish Pinar, RFI...
Ghana: Disappointed visa applicant behind Italian embassy bomb scare

Ghana: Disappointed visa applicant behind Italian embassy bomb scare

A temporary closure of the Italian Embassy in Accra on Monday after a bomb scare which led the police to comb the premises for...
USA – Italy: Berlusconi refusing to accept that Obama is black?

USA – Italy: Berlusconi refusing to accept that Obama is black?

Scoop! For those who do not know that ... Berlusconi is "paler than Obama!” The head of the Italian Government Thursday compared himself with...
Nigeria: Agip to clean up or suffer destruction

Nigeria: Agip to clean up or suffer destruction

Italian oil giant, Agip have been accused of dumping harmful toxic waste in Ndokwa community in Delta State, Nigeria, and the community's youths have...
Chinese navy thwarts Somali pirate attack against Italian vessel

Chinese navy thwarts Somali pirate attack against Italian vessel

The Chinese navy, Tuesday, thwarted a pirate attack against an Italian vessel, named Liberia, off the coast of Somalia, the Chine Nouvelle agency announced,...
McDonald Mariga to move from FC Parma to AC Milan

McDonald Mariga to move from FC Parma to AC Milan

AC Milan, top Italian football team, is reported to have shown interest in Kenyan striker McDonald Mariga, although no official announcement has been made...
Italian sponsored cycling tour to go through Mali and Senegal

Italian sponsored cycling tour to go through Mali and Senegal

A cycling tour, open to both amateurs and the professionals, will cross Mali and Senegal next February, organisers have confirmed. The race, called "silent...
Morocco to buy four Italian military aircrafts

Morocco to buy four Italian military aircrafts

Morocco is to buy four C-27J Spartan Italian military airplanes for 130 millions euro, the Moroccan media disclosed Monday. A transport and logistical support...
Kidnapped tourists in egypt freed

Kidnapped tourists in egypt freed

The 19 hostages abducted by armed men in South-western Egypt on 19 September have been released and are in good health, Egypt's state-run television...
Kidnapped European tourists are not on Libyan soil, says Libyan government

Kidnapped European tourists are not on Libyan soil, says Libyan government

The Libyan People's General Committee in Charge of External Relations and International Cooperation has denied the presence in the country, of foreign tourists kidnapped...
Ghana international Muntari gets Italian football ban

Ghana international Muntari gets Italian football ban

Ghanaian midfield dynamo Sulley Muntari has been given a three-match ban after seeing red in what was just his second League game for Inter. The...
Football : Italian coach of Gambian national U-20 team resigns

Football : Italian coach of Gambian national U-20 team resigns

The Italian-born head coach of Gambia's U-20 soccer team , Lorenzo Rubinacci, has resigned his post due to pressing family matters. Rubinacci's resignation is...
Concerned France clarifies Italy – Libya colonial reparation

Concerned France clarifies Italy – Libya colonial reparation

Only three days after Italy's reparatory treaty with Libya to compensate the African country for damages during the colonial period, France says there cannot...