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This is our new Friday Digest! Every Friday, this weekly news round-up gives us the occasion to share with you news from various topics: politics to arts, entertainment, media, science, sports, fun and less fun news… This digest is a list of news published this week on the Internet (Friday to Friday), selected by the Sama Team, and it is by no means exhaustive. If you want to suggest a news to be added in the next Friday Digest, contact us. ...

Since the independence of South Sudan and the killings in South Kordofan, the plight in Darfur has been neglected by many but it shouldn’t have. The protection of civilians remains unattainable as violent attacks against civilians, blockades of humanitarian access, systematic rape, brutal arrests and torture continue in Darfur. You can join the Sudan Now campaign, activists and Sudanese around the world in a 24-hour-long Hunger Strike For Darfur and ...

Last week, France made U.S. actress Liza Minnelli an officer in its Legion of Honour in recognition of her entertainment career and charity work. On the BBC webiste we can read: French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand, who hosted the ceremony in Paris, presented the red-ribboned medal to Minnelli. Mr Mitterrand explained why the veteran singer had been selected to receive the honour. “We love you because you make our lives better,” he ...

Do you like éclairs? Do you like strawberries? And basil? If you do then you will really enjoy this post about Strawberry Basil Éclairs. We found the recipe on Chasing Delicious; just look at the photo and you will be drooling over for days! Chasing Delicious is a great website for recipes and we enjoy reading their articles: always humourous and cooking seems so easy… But it is not. We tried several times and nobody here could even make a ...

There are many Russian artists, amongst them is Ilya Kabakov. He was named by ArtNews as one of the “ten greatest living artists” and we totally agree with this statement. If you didn’t know him already, this is the opportunity to learn more about ‘the late 20th century’s most important Russian artist‘. Kabakov has completed 155 installations in 15 years and you can see his work in the most prestigious galleries and ...

This is our new Friday Digest! Every Friday, this weekly news round-up gives us the occasion to share with you news from various topics: politics to arts, entertainment, media, science, sports, fun and less fun news… This digest is a list of news published this week on the Internet (Friday to Friday), selected by the Sama Team, and it is by no means exhaustive. If you want to suggest a news to be added in the next Friday Digest, contact us. ...

The (almost) same day last year we posted about Mandela Day: Give 67 minutes to change the world!. The time for the annual celebration has come again and we just wanted to remind you about it. Whether as an individual, community, business, non-governmental organisation (NGO) or a government department, all you have to do on July 18 is donate 67 minutes of your day to doing something good in any way you can. Nelson Mandela gave 67 years of his life to ...

Tomorrow we will celebrate Bastille Day, the French National Day which is celebrated on 14 July of each year. A military parade is held on the morning of 14 July, on the Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris. But this day is also about communal meals, dances, parties and most of all, fireworks. The Champs-Élysées are decorated with flags, and the 14 Juillet (the fourteenth of July) being a public holiday, almost everyone can enjoy a day off and meet with ...

A few days ago, the global community celebrated the independence of the Republic of South Sudan. We cover the news and events about Sudan as often as possible, inspired by the commitment by Max Dana into raising awareness about Darfur and other part of Sudan. Max wrote about the celebrated day and she made some very interesting points. You can also read this post on Max Dana’s Blog and send you comments there.   South Sudan has gained its ...

Last month we wrote about Freddy Tsimba, bullets can be art; today it is about another Congolese artist, Alain Polo Nzuzi. He uses visual art because as an artist, he is ‘more fascinated by the questions beyond extern(al) appearance. More fascinated by the way through this how we sometimes express out who we really are and how sometimes we hide it. Playing with this questions of appearance through body, fashion.’ You can visit his blog to ...