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African migrants in Malta: An uncertain daily life in a hostile world
On the eve of the Pontiff's announced trip to Malta during which he will visit a centre for asylum seekers, discussions are taking place...

Regine Nguini
Mar 7, 20223 min read


Five under arrest for abducting a man in Rabat, one of them is a recidivist
One of the arrested is Christian Borg, a 28-year-old from Swieqi who made news in March 2020 as a protagonist in a video where he could...

Regine Nguini
Feb 1, 20222 min read


Funeral date announced for Makeme Camara
The 22-year-old woman from Guinea died on December 21, 2022, suffering from excruciating pain in her stomach. The Family announced that...

Editor
Jan 4, 20221 min read


A visit to Mt Carmel Hospital, where hope and anxiety meet
Let's imagine a scenario where a person escaping violence finds himself alone in a foreign country for the first time. The language is...

Regine Nguini
Dec 30, 20212 min read


Reported missing, he had been dead for several days
Ahmed Adawe Diriye, a 39-year-old Somali man had spent two days in intensive care at Mater Dei Hospital and two days in the morgue after...
Regine Psaila
Dec 28, 20211 min read


22-year-old woman dies in her sleep after being treated with Panadol for excruciating stomach pains
The relatives of young Makeme Camara testify to recurrent stomach pains, repeated visits to the emergency room and her refusal to go to...
Regine Psaila
Dec 24, 20212 min read


LGBTQI rights: A conversation with Dali, a migrant artist and LGBTQI activist
LGBTQI migrants face various problems and discrimination both in their country of origin and in Europe. Criminalization, persecution or...

Afroditi Konstantopoulou
Dec 20, 20216 min read


“Safe country of origin”: A term that can be used in a discriminatory way against migrants in the EU
Photo: Afroditi Konstantopoulou Recently, the term “safe countries” has been used by the EU and the European Commission in order to communicate strategies that reject migrants who are coming from specific areas of the globe. In fact, Europe puts pressure on countries in Africa and Asia, that it considers “safe”, to take migrants back. This happens also through the “voluntary return programs” that were created to support the return and reintegration of migrants to their coun

Afroditi Konstantopoulou
Dec 15, 20213 min read


Domestic violence against migrant women in Europe: a discussion with three African women
Photo: African Media Association Malta Three women from Cameroon and Nigeria living in Malta give their own perspective regarding domestic violence and the double discrimination that migrant women experience in Europe. From the discussions, it emerged that those who experience domestic abuse in Europe by their partners face very difficult situations, as they receive less support at a social and legal level. Their different backgrounds and experiences added vital information a

Afroditi Konstantopoulou
Nov 22, 20214 min read


How COVID-19 became an excuse against migration
Photo: Afroditi Konstantopoulou The Covid-19 pandemic seems to have given a good reason to European governments for creating a hostile environment in the Mediterranean for migration. After launching new strategies, migrants reaching Europe on precarious boats are being refused entry by European countries, a fact that reshaped migration and its routes. The Italian government claimed that the Peninsula is no longer a “safe place” for migrants as the virus spread has taken other

Afroditi Konstantopoulou
Nov 8, 20212 min read


Domestic violence against migrant women in Europe
On Friday 22nd October , the team of AMAM web radio talked about domestic violence against migrant women in Europe. The show was...
Maëva Diallo
Nov 7, 20211 min read


FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
The weekly radio show that was aired on AMAM radio this Saturday raised the issue of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The usual speakers...
Maëva Diallo
Oct 27, 20212 min read


The imperialist idea of “Give me your culture to make it better”
Cultural exchanges have existed since the ancient years. Silk routes, diasporic communities, travelers and trade were the key ways with which ancient civilizations interchanged elements, materials, food, languages and ideas. So, it is a natural corollary that countries and civilizations are culturally influenced by others. However, depending on the way that these cultures, behaviours and customs are used, the exchange can become more problematic rather than constructive. Phot

Afroditi Konstantopoulou
Oct 26, 20214 min read


"The skin color has become a border"
"The skin color has become a border", said Achille Mbembe, the renowned philosopher and academic who joined the " FreedomCommission" in defense of the unjust case of Amara, Kader and Abdalla -known as the the ElHiblu 3 - three young men under trial in Malta, whose crime has been to resist push back in Libya - a place of well-documented tortures and abuse of human rights against migrants. As an African woman in Europe, subjected to all sorts of discriminations because o
Regine Psaila
Oct 24, 20212 min read


Malta’s anti-racism strategy - main goals and challenges
European migration policies have been proven that they have not yet managed to eliminate racism against migrants. Although racial and...
Afroditi Konstantopoulou
Oct 20, 20213 min read


2021 Nobel Prize for Literature to the Tanzanian Abdulrazack Gurnah
The Nobel Prize committee awarded him for “ his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate...

Editor
Oct 8, 20212 min read


A Game of Skills for young migrants played inside a series of virtual escape rooms
Labour orientation and career counselling are important for young migrants, as through career guidance, they can discover what their...

Editor
Oct 7, 20212 min read


"The rights of our children should be protected", African migrants said during a protest
«We are here to ask for our basic human rights, like family reunification. Irrespective of our way of entry, we pay taxes and our...
Regine Psaila
Oct 4, 20213 min read


An injured African migrant dumped by the side of the road by his employer
A heart breaking story...another one, involving a migrant being treated like an animal, by one of those who exploit them beyond disgust,...

Editor
Sep 28, 20211 min read


Africa Weekly Brief 30/08
Afghan refugees arrive in Uganda They are 51 in total. Men, women and children that are part of a first batch of 2000 people that the...

Editor
Aug 30, 20212 min read
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