originally published by NEXT on Dec 7, 09.

Without any school training, 37-year-old Kazeem Efe Adeagbo seems to have mastered the skill of domesticating animals, armed with a sheer artistic drive that has been honed over the years through a patient relationship with the animals.

"I train dogs, bird… Continue

The World Child Rights Day and the current situation of Somali Children

The date 20 November marks the day on which the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world. Today, 193 states have ratified the CRC. In fact, only two countries in the world — Somalia and the United States — have not yet given the CRC… Continue

The World Child Rights Day and the current situation of Somali Children

The date 20 November marks the day on which the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world. Today, 193 states have ratified the CRC. In fact, only two countries in the world — Somalia and the United States — have not yet given the CRC… Continue

World’s largest humanitarian network adopts ambitious blueprint for coming decade

The 17th General Assembly of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has ended with the unanimous adoption of Strategy 2020 – a plan that lays out the collective commitments of its 186 members.

Strategy 2020 aims to better fulfil… Continue

World’s largest humanitarian network adopts ambitious blueprint for coming decade

The 17th General Assembly of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has ended with the unanimous adoption of Strategy 2020 – a plan that lays out the collective commitments of its 186 members.

Strategy 2020 aims to better fulfil… Continue

General:
Most times, especially in developing countries like Nigeria, Internet Publishers normally prefer publishing on main domains like dot com, dot org, dot net, e.t.c. The main reason for preference for this publishing platform is social. Publishing on a main domain, duely purchased, confers on a publisher some kind of social prestige. On the other hand, publishing on a sub-domain like blogspot, which is free portrays the publisher, albeit erroneously as lacking the required financial… Continue

After 10 years of writing poems i have the nerves to publish! 40 pages with poems in dutch!
the name of the book is latin, carpe diem. That means 'cease the day'.
i am happy with this new born book. if you want to order one, mail me at suzanne.yakubu@gmail.com

[To all African media professionals: Please feel free to publish this Press Release]

The mission of BiD Network is to contribute to sustainable economic growth by stimulating entrepreneurship in emerging markets. BiD Network supports entrepreneurs in writing their business plans by offering them… Continue

Below is the story that I have produced for Channel 4 News and was later shown on CNN. It was morally challenging and am still struggling to overcome the experience of listeneing horrific stories.

"Kenya's beaches represent the best in tropical paradise, mutually beneficial for both the thousands of Europeans who head there and the locals who thrive from their tourism.

But Kenya's coast has a seedier face - visiting white men who pay children, some as young as three years old, for sex. In a co… Continue

Hip hop legend Warren G stops by The Timothy Hodge Show to talk about his new album, The G Files, in stores now, as well as his upcoming tour. http://budurl.com/warreng1023

On my way to the Island this morning, at Ojodu Berger, I met a scene. A bike man was struggling with two teenagers, both male. They asked him for his ticket. One sized the bike man's helmet, the other began ruffling the bike man. The bike man held on tight to his bike and demanded for their ID card. They would not produce one and they wouldn't let the bike man go. Then a bus driver who was also watching (it was at a bus stop) shouted at the boys, telling them to stop harassing the biker rider.… Continue

For the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations 2010, we like to get in contact with journalists, reporters and video & film makers in Angola.

Are you a media professional in Angola or do you know media professionals in Angola, please contact us at sebastian@basvlugt.nl

Sebastian Vlugt
Africa Business Communities

I went to the dentist yesterday and we continued our talk on my surgery. Earlier in the month, I had gone to the orthodontic session thinking I was in need of braces but the dentist there said my teeth were perfect and it was the skeletal arrangement that needed to be restructured, therefore I will need a maxilo facial surgery. I was looking at her. Here am the I thinking I had found a solution and I am told 'it is complicated.'

The dentist, God bless her sould, gave me a smile that put my hear… Continue

The mainstream media is infested with negative news about Africa and about the world in fact. Why are there no or little positive news being covered? Is it a matter of habit or is it true that ‘if it bleeds it leads’? What drives or makes news value? What do negative media images communicate about Africa and how do they effect the world’s perception of a continent, as well as the lives of Africans themselves?

Join us this Sunday October 4th on Shoot the Messenger with Henry Bonsu at 18:00 GMT.… Continue

Check out this ultra-short documentary from Angola, Angola After the War. It's the first in an online documentary project, The Kuito Project, about change and challenges in post-war Angola.



Kuito suffered extraordinary hardship during the Angolan civil war, most acutely during the nine-month siege of 1993. No… Continue

Today Africa Business Communities launches the Africa Business Women Network.

All African business women - and African women who want to start a business - are more than welcome to join!

Follow this link to visit the Africa Business Women Network:… Continue

Sex, prostitution and infidelity are what theatre-goers can expect from Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom’s latest production Foreplay. Adapted from Austrian writer Arthur Schnizler’s commended Reigen, the play - set in Pretoria’s townships – is a series of 10 inter-connected scenes on society’s moral hypocrisy when it comes to sex. Grootboom is renowned for his simple yet provocative style – he doesn’t believe in sugar-coating prickly situations but would rather present reality as it is. Often his work… Continue

We did not expect such humiliation from the world Athletics Body. It it is an insult in our
Africa tradition that a girl her age is tested and it is done without the family's permission.
Any test to check if she has a unfar advantage must get a parents permission as it is done
to test virginity.
To add insult they just publise it. Were is the sportmanship?

To the members of the African Media,

To serve our fast growing portfolio of international clients like KLM, Heineken, Starbucks, Nestlé and Nike Africa Interactive is urgently looking for Freelance African reporters to do paid assignments.

We are looking for:

African cameramen/women
African journalists
African photographers

in all African countries

If you like to sign up, please send your cv to:

bas@africanews.com… Continue