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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


African couples in Europe are divorcing
The topic of the weekly radio show that was aired on AMAM radio last Saturday raised the issue of the divorce of African couples when...
Maëva Diallo
Dec 16, 20211 min read


Mapfre Foundation use of Blackface in an ad for road safety: "Unacceptable" for BLM Malta
Black Lives Matter Malta found the educational campaign by MAPFRE Malta called 'Street Smart' to be a "problematic association between...

Editor
Dec 15, 20212 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


Women, let us empower each other
The weekly radio show that was aired on AMAM radio this Friday 19th November raised the issue of envy and the tendency by some women to...
Maëva Diallo
Nov 30, 20211 min read


When Rwanda became the country with the highest representation of women in politics.
Since 2008, Rwanda has been among the countries promoting gender equality. Women’s representation in the parliament is over 50%, and many...

Afroditi Konstantopoulou
Nov 30, 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


The reality that Europe does not show you on TV
The topic of the radio show this Friday 29th October was “The reality Europe does not show you on TV”. Regine Nguini Psaila and...
Maëva Diallo
Nov 17, 20212 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
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