Zwa Celeb Focus: NEZIO Celeb Focus is a column for African celebrities to tell their fans a bit more about their work, releases, events and updates. If you’d like to take part email us on zwange@shout-africa.com This week we interview emerging Mozambican musician Nezio Ray Tembe, a performance artist, music arranger, composer and producer.(pictured here) Nezio welcome to Shout-Africa ! Thank you my brother, “with big open arms, ha ha ha!” What have you been up to recently? I just finished recording my album “Listen To Yourself”, and I recently produced South African Afro-jazz artist Bricks Mokeng’s debut album, and... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – Omar Jallow, alias OJ, the leader of the opposition People’s Progressive Party has opined that under the present constitution of The Gambia, it will be impossible for the Republic to be converted into a monarchy, except if the experience of Central Africa wants to be repeated in the Gambia. “With the present constitution of the Gambia, it will be impossible for the Republic to be converted into a monarchy, except if the experience of Central Africa wants to be repeated in the Gambia,” Jallow told this reporter in an interview yesterday. According to OJ, currently in... Continue Reading
By Danny O’Brien/CPJ – As CPJ has previously documented, journalists in Egypt have faced a deterioration in press freedom in the run-up to the presidential vote on Saturday. Editors have been fired, TV shows suspended, and regulations over SMS texting suddenly tightened. In the final few days, a new forum found itself caught up in this attempt to control the media message–the social networking site Facebook. Facebook is very popular among young, politically active Egyptians, with a local membership in excess of 4 million. While some media outlets have been constrained, many Egyptians have turned to the social networking site to... Continue Reading
Dear Friend of Shout-Africa.Com, We are writing to you in request for your support. As the year is quickly coming to an end, we are at a time of both reflection and preparation. During 2010, Shout-Africa.Com has undergone significant development. We have increased our capacity to reach African communities across the world. With our growing list of contributors and an ever expanding capacity, Shout-Africa.Com is looking forward to implementing new projects that will witness growth in our international coverage. Unfortunately, most of our present funding ends this December. This leaves us with almost no funds to implement additional coverage in... Continue Reading
NAIROBI, 30 November 2010 (IRIN) – Kenya is likely to witness worsening food security, significant disease outbreaks, and further pockets of conflict in 2011, as well as a continuing flow of refugees from Somalia, say aid officials. “There is a fear of La Niña compromising the [food security] gains made,” said Aeneas Chuma, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator at the 30 November launch of Kenya’s 2011 Emergency Humanitarian Response Plan (EHRP) appeal. Most of the US$525 million funding requested is expected to meet food security and refugee needs. At present, the number of food aid beneficiaries has dropped to... Continue Reading
