Migrant crisis: Greek soldier saved 20 people singlehandedly off Rhodes beach
April 27, 2015 It was the image that defined a week of tragedy – and showed the world how Europe had failed to deal with its migrant problem. A burly Greek man, bent double, pulling a migrant to safety as three others who had tried to make the crossing from North Africa to Greece on
VIDEO – Freedom Day: Satirical anti-immigrant Nandos advert goes viral following fatal xenophobic attacks in South Africa
April 27, 2015 South Africa’s annual Freedom Day celebrations have been married by recent fatal xenophobic attacks, as a Nandos advert satirising anti-immigrant sentiments has found new poignancy and gone viral. WATCH VIDEO HERE The annual day this year marks 21 years since South Africa’s first democratic elections, and comes amid violence in the major
Bad Blood: Attacks On Foreigners Strain Nigeria-South Africa Relations
April 27, 2015 Diplomatic relations between Africa’s two largest economies have been strained further by continuing xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa, forcing Nigeria to recall its envoy in protest of slow handling of the chaos. On Saturday, Reuters reported that Nigeria had summoned its ambassador to South Africa as discontent grew across
Police: Wife stabs and kills husband inside Delaware home
April 27, 2015 Temitope Adebamiro arrested Friday and charged with first-degree murder Police called to home in Bear, Delaware, on Thursday and found husband Adeyinka Adebamiro stabbed in upper body and wife wore bloody clothes Initially claimed death was a suicide but her story changed several times Suspect told police husband abused her even while
Boko Haram renames itself Islamic State’s West Africa Province (Iswap) as militants launch new offensive against government forces
April 26, 2015 The Isis militant group may have gained a firm foothold beyond the Middle East and North Africa for the first time, after Nigeria’s Boko Haram adopted the name “Islamic State’s West Africa Province” (Iswap). The Nigerian terror group’s leader Abubakar Shekau pledged allegiance to Isis last month, but the diffuse organisation had
Growing Chorus To Boycott South African Products, Services
April 25, 2015 There’s a growing chorus of calls to boycott South African products and services, and some groups around Africa are seeking something more — eye-for-an-eye retaliation. Others are being slower to judge. Consumer activists asked Malawians to wear black and boycott South African products and services today in solidarity with those affected by xenophobic attacks which claimed seven
The Mediterranean’s migrant survivors
April 25, 2015 Thousands of people have lost their lives over the last two years making the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to find a new life in Europe. Here, two survivors who made it to the Sicilian port of Augusta describe why they made the difficult decision to leave their homes and families. Malick
Is Facebook The Internet In Africa? 65% Of Nigerians Think So
April 24, 2015 A recent survey by mobile surveying company Geopoll and World Wide Worx showed that 65 percent of Nigerians think “Facebook is the internet”, while 9 percent of the social media site users in the west African country said they had “never used the internet”. The Mobile Africa 2015 study, which surveyed 3,
21 African Artists To See At Venice Biennale 2015
April 24, 2015 The Venice Biennale (La Biennale di Venezia) returns for the 56th time this May. Founded in 1895 as an International Art Exhibition, the Biennale ultimately expanded into the realms of music, cinema, theatre, architecture and, most recently, dance. In 2013 Okwui Enwezor, the Nigerian-born curator, art critic, editor, writer and Director of the
The 900 refugees drowned in the Mediterranean were killed by British government policy
April 24, 2015 There’s something we need to be clear on. The death of 900 refugees – we have to use that blanket term because we don’t know the names of the dead, and I suspect we never will – in the Mediterranean over the weekend was not a “tragedy”. The word tragedy implies an