EbonyLife Films’ ‘FIFTY’ is shortlisted at the BFI London Film Festival

Sep 7, 2015 The British Film Institute (BFI) recently unveiled the programme for the 2015 London Film Festival with a staggering line up of 238 fiction and documentary features, including 16 World Premieres, 8 International Premieres and 40 European Premieres. According to Clare Stewart, the Festival’s Director, the theme of this year’s installment will be ... Read More

South Africa lawmakers reject bid to impeach Zuma over Bashir saga

Sep 7, 2015 South Africa’s parliament recently rejected a bid to investigate President Jacob Zuma for allowing Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to evade an arrest warrant in June. Bashir, who is accused of masterminding genocide in Darfur, was allowed to leave South Africa in defiance of a court ruling that ordered his detention under ... Read More

Plea for migrants as Venice film festival opens/ Venice roars into action with opening red carpet

Sep 7, 2015 The 72nd edition of the Venice film festival recently kick started, with the head of the competition jury calling on Europeans to extend a welcome to migrants. The festival kicked off with a gala ceremony and the world premiere of the high-altitude thriller “Everest”. The event, which held at the Festival Palace ... Read More

1,000 foreign troops participate in China's military parade

Sep 7, 2015 Over 1,000 foreign troops from 17 countries recently participated in China’s military parade in Beijing to commemorate the 70th anniversary of China’s victory over Japanese Aggression and the World anti-Fascist War. This is the first time that foreign troops have been invited to participate in the military parade, with Belarus, Cuba, Egypt, ... Read More

Ferguson says soccer needs to deal with complexities

Sep 7, 2015 UEFA recently held a forum for elite club coaches. The meeting, which held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland featured discussions on the laws of the game, respect for match officials and football’s latest trends. Speaking at the event, former Manchester United manager and current UEFA coaching ambassador, Sir Alex Ferguson said: ... Read More

South Korean FIFA presidential candidate accuses AFC of 'undermining' FIFA election

Sep 7, 2015 FIFA presidential candidate Chung Mong-joon has recently accused the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) of sending unsolicited letters to its member organizations, urging them to support his rival Michel Platini at next year’s election. Speaking at a news conference, Chung said: “Sheikh Salman, President of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), has publicly supported ... Read More

Obama says world must reach climate deal in Paris 'while we still can'

Sep 4, 2015 Ahead of the U.N summit in Paris, President Barack Obama recently addressed world leaders on the need to cut carbon emissions, while acknowledging that the United States played a big part in raising the Earth’s temperatures. “The face is that climate is changing faster than our efforts to address it. That ladies ... Read More

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney calls for harper to intervene in Al Jazeera journalist's case

Sep 4, 2015 Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney recently called on Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to personally intervene in the imprisonment of Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy. This was made known in an interview with CBC in Cairo, during which the attorney said she received tremendous support from Canadians living in Egypt. “If I were ... Read More

Dead woman tests positive for Ebola in Sierra Leone

Sep 4, 2015 Sierra Leone recently recoded another case of the Ebola virus after a dead woman in the Kambia district, along the border with Guinea, tested positive for Ebola. The recent death occurred barely a week after Sierra Leone began a 42 – day countdown to declare itself free of Ebola. The incident was ... Read More

Soyuz rocket bound for rendezvous with space station rolls out in Kazakhstan

Sep 4, 2015 The Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft was recently rolled out from its hangar in preparation for a mission to the International Space Station later this week. A vintage train hauled the enormous rocket across the runway at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trip will feature the trio of Sergei Volkov of the Russian ... Read More