Italians showed their distaste for squabbling politicians, says Samia Nkrumah
Media magnate Silvio Berlusconi has been returned to power in Italy in this week's parliamentary elections only two years after losing to the centre-left. This week's (...)
Last week's defeat of the government of Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi in the Senate has clearly demonstrated the difficulty of maintaining political stability with a fragile majority, writes Samia Nkrumah from Rome
Last week the government was (...)
The Rome conference discussing the situation in Lebanon ended without agreement concerning the political conditions needed to effect an immediate ceasefire, writes Samia Nkrumah from the Italian capital
After two weeks of fighting between Israel and (...)
Berlusconi disputes Prodi's slim victory at the Italian general elections, reports Samia Nkrumah from Rome
Italy's centre-left coalition under Romano Prodi has emerged as the winner of both houses of parliament in one of the country's most dramatic (...)
Increasing numbers of immigrants are changing the social fabric of Italy, reports Samia Nkrumah from Rome
Recent immigration statistics have put the integration of immigrants at the forefront of national debates in Italy. A recent report published (...)
In one of the quickest conclave elections in Vatican history, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected as the new Pope on Tuesday. Samia Nkrumah reports from Rome
As the traditional white smoke came into view from St Peter's Basilica and the bells (...)
The Pope's funeral triggered a series of political mishaps. As the results of regional elections in Italy last week demonstrate the government's waning popularity, the process of electing a new Pope is well underway. Samia Nkrumah writes from (...)
Samia Nkrumah witnesses the transformation of Rome as pilgrims pay their last respects to Pope John Paul II
For days on end, the area surrounding the Vatican State in the heart of the Italian capital has resembled a spectacular scene from an epic (...)
One of the biggest international rallies against the US-led Iraqi invasion took place in Italy. Samia Nkrumah from Rome assesses the depth of the Italian anti-war sentiment
Thousands in Rome took to the streets last Saturday marking 19 March (...)
Historical anecdote or bon viveur: What was ex-King Farouk's life in exile really like? Samia Nkrumah, in Rome, talks to the woman claiming to be the last Egyptian king's third and final wife
The general impression of ex-King Farouk following his (...)
Apparently, the Americans didn't wish Giuliana Sgrena well, writes Samia Nkrumah from Rome
Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena wrote from her hospital bed in Rome in her first article since her release that her captors had warned her: "The Americans (...)
Is there more to the abduction of Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena than meets the eye? Samia Nkrumah, in Rome, reports
Three weeks after the kidnapping of Giuliana Sgrena, the journalist with the Italian leftist daily Il Manifesto the Italian (...)
The 1994 Rwandan genocide is being remembered in Italy, writes Samia Nkrumah from Rome
A week-long event entitled "Italy for Rwanda" concluded last week in Rome to mark the tenth anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan genocide that claimed the lives of (...)
Italy's Muslims rally behind the government in its desperate bid to release Italian hostages in Iraq, writes Samia Nkrumah from Rome
The plight of the two Italian and two Iraqi aid workers kidnapped in Baghdad last week was met with unprecedented (...)
The Italian government may have clinched a deal with the abductors of three Italian nationals in Iraq, reports Samia Nkrumah from Rome
The three Italian security guards who were held in Iraq for two months were released on 8 June. Upon their arrival (...)
If EU parliamentary elections are a barometer of the public mood in Italy, the results do not augur well for the Berlusconi administration. Samia Nkrumah reports from Rome
It is increasingly evident that Forza Italia, Italian Prime Minister Silvio (...)
Anti-war activists gather to protest against Bush's European tour, Samia Nkrumah reports from Rome
As the Italian government prepared to welcome United States President George W Bush on 4 June, anti-war protests were planned all over the country. (...)
As the Italian hostage crisis deepens, opposition to Italy's military involvement in Iraq is growing, reports Samia Nkrumah from Rome
Images of three Italian hostages, Umberto Cupertino, Maurizio Agliana and Salvatore Stefio, taken in Iraq three (...)
Samia Nkrumah speaks to the organisers of the first Ramallah International Film Festival
The organisers of the first film festival ever held in Ramallah, in the occupied Palestinian territories, are close to finalising the programme of the Ramallah (...)
The world has enough resources to support all six billion inhabitants. The problem is that these resources remain unevenly distributed, reports Samia Nkrumah from the FAO convention in Rome
The 32nd session of the Food and Agricultural Organisation (...)
At last weekend's European Union summit in Naples, the continent's leaders pledged to boost defence spending and fight terrorism more effectively, reports Samia Nkrumah from Rome
Perhaps the only issue that the European Union foreign ministers (...)
Italy is reeling from the shock of receiving the mortal remains of 19 Italians killed in a suicide bomb blast in Iraq, reports Samia Nkrumah from Rome
Italy is still in shock following the suicide bombing that killed at least 19 Italians and 9 (...)
A court ruling ordering the removal of the crucifix from a classroom has triggered an uproar in Italy, writes Samia Nkrumah from Rome
Only a few decades ago, it would have been impossible to imagine that a court in a small town in central Italy (...)
While world elites get richer, hunger is on the increase, Samia Nkrumah writes from Rome
World Food Day on 16 October was marked by a series of events at the headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome involving civil (...)
A controversial Italian embryologist claims to be about to clone the first human -- an Arab baby, reports Samia Nkrumah from Rome
Severino Antinori, an Italian embryologist, recently announced at a press conference in Rome that the first cloned (...)