News, views and guides for Africans in Germany and Europe
News, views and guides for Africans in Germany and Europe
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Paola Ogechi Egonu, an Italian female volleyball player of Nigerian origin will be Italy’s flag-bearer for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics opening ceremony. The Italian Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Tuesday that Egonu, who plays for Imoco Volley and is part of the Italy women’s national volleyball team, was the one to earn the honour to carry […] More
On Sunday, the match against England and Italy at the Euro 2020 led to racist attacks on black players playing for England who ‘lost’ the game over missed penalties. England’s two goals were made by Harry Kane and Harry Maguire while the next three shots were made by Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka. […] More
The new Whatsapp function will allow users to control who is allowed to view sent pictures and videos and even dictate how often they can, in a new update that allows single-view images. WABetaInfo announced in a tweet that the content viewed will then be able to be automatically deleted. READ MORE: Refugees in Germany sue […] More
Gambian professional player Musa Juwara is making waves in Italy’s football scene playing as a striker for Bologna. His story is one for the books having come from being a rubber boat refugee to international star. Here’s what we know about him: Biography Musa Juwara was born in Tujureng, Gambia on the 26th of December […] More
Coronavirus Germany: A German TV channel published information about the countries in which vacations are allowed that one can travel to within the EU due to the low rate of coronavirus infections and high vaccination turn out. Zeit posted that admission into a country is based on each country’s vaccination reach and rules and regulations. […] More
Racism kills. Yes, it does and it has indeed killed Seid Visin, a 20-year old football player in Italy. The former AC Milan and Benevento youth player committed suicide and was found dead at his home in Campania, Italy, on Friday. A heart-breaking letter he wrote a couple of years ago reveals racist abuses he […] More
According to a newly discovered document, coloured immigrants or foreigners had been banned by the Queen’s courtiers from serving clerical roles in the royal household (Buckingham Palace) until at least the late 1960’s. This backs up the argument that the British royal family is racist. The documents found out how the Buckingham Palace negotiated controversial […] More
London-based Zimbabwean businessman Strive Masiyiwa, 60, has hit another record becoming UK’s first black billionaire. His £1.087 billion fortune earned him the title of Britain’s first black billionaire on the Sunday Times Rich List, a daily ranking of wealthiest people or families resident in the United Kingdom. Mr. Masiyiwa comes in at number 159 on the […] More
An asylum seeker from Guinea who was recently racially attacked has committed suicide in a reception centre in Turin, Italy. Musa Balde died by suicide after he used his bed sheet to hang himself in his room. On 9th May 2021, the 23-year-old became a victim of racist violence in Ventimiglia, northern Italy. The young […] More
Lego’s toy company designer has launched an LGBTQ+ set with the title ‘Everyone is Awesome’. The colours of the set were chosen to represent the original rainbow along with a pale blue, white and pink representing the trans community and black and brown to acknowledge the diversity of skin tones and backgrounds in the LGBTQIA+ […] More
British Supermodel Naomi Campbell shared the news with the world that she has welcomed a baby daughter, and at the age of 50 but what most people are wondering is who is the father of the child? The 50-year-old supermodel shared the first photo of her newborn on Instagram and wrote in the caption: “A […] More
The spokesman for the department of Defence has confirmed the realness of the video published last Friday on twitter. The video shows a spherical object is seen flying near the military vehicle off the coast of San Diego before literally diving into the sea. The video depicts a spherical object that moves left and right […] More