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• COVERSTORY: Waris Dirie covers Tropics Magazine's November issue 2013

  28 November 2013 ( #media, #Magazine )

  Cher(e) lecteur(rice), Nous sommes ravis de vous retrouver, ce mois, après une très longue absence due au décès d’une de nos mères. Mais qu’ à cela ne tienne, cette pause nous a permis de refléter sur le travail préalablement accompli et enfin de réaliser...

• Sudan Regains UN Voting Rights

  27 February 2013 ( #Cape Verde, #Dominica, #Dominican Republic, #Eduardo del Buey, #Equatorial Guinea, #funds, #Gabon, #Grenada, #Kyrgyzstan, #Marshall Islands, #New York, #News, #Saint Lucia, #Seychelles, #Sierra Leone, #Sudan, #UN, #United Nations, #Vanuatu, #Venezuela, #Zimbabwe )

  Khartoum — The Sudanese government has paid $516,085 to the United Nations to reinstate its voting rights after being suspended over the accumulation of financial arrears. Deputy spokesperson for the secretary-general, Eduardo del Buey, confirmed the...

• Press Release ~ SuperModel Dji Dieng Appointed Ambassadress For UNITE!

  28 March 2013 ( #Dji Dieng, #SuperModel, #Unite for Life, #humanitarian, #ambassadress, #face, #campaign, #Swiss Aids cae International, #HIVAIDS )

  Humanitarian Help has a Face ! Supermodel Dji Dieng, the model with the biggest heart, had been appointed as Ambassadress Extraordinary for UNITE. The campaign supports Swiss Aids Care International founded by Prof. Dr. Ruedi Lüthy, the HIV/AIDS Newlands...

• Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town 2012

  26 June 2012 ( #Events & Reports )

  The Mother City is set to strike a pose when the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town (MBFWCT) takes place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) from July 25 to 28, 2012 with legends of past fashion weeks making a return to the limelight...

• Nous ne t'oublierons jamais Marc-Vivien Foé. RIP!

  26 June 2012 ( #Sports & Get Fit )

  Marc-Vivien Foé (1er mai 1975 - 26 juin 2003) était un footballeur international camerounais. Né à Nkolo au Cameroun, Foé a commencé sa carrière avec le club du Canon Yaoundé. Après la Coupe du monde de 1994, Foé s'en va comme beaucoup de Camerounais...

• Kris Humphries Deposed in Kim Kardashian Divorce Case

  26 June 2012 ( #Hot Stories & Gossip )

  If only their divorce proceedings ended as swiftly as their 72-day marriage. On June 25, Kim Kardashian's legal team began grilling the reality star's ex, Kris Humphries, in Minneapolis. The NBA player, 27, recently accused Kardashian of defrauding him...

• 50 Cent in car accident, released from hospital

  28 June 2012 ( #Culture & Entertainment )

  NEW YORK—A representative for 50 Cent says the rapper is out of the hospital after being injured in a car accident in New York on Tuesday morning. The rep says 50 Cent was taken to New York Hospital Queens where he was treated for "minor neck and back...

• Cape Town Fashion Week 2012

  26 June 2012 ( #Fashion & Beauty )

  Registered as an industry association in 2006, the Cape Town Fashion Council (CTFC)’s purpose is to represent, develop, support and grow the Western Cape’s fashion sector. The CTFC’s vision is for the Western Cape’s fashion design sector to be nationally...

• Fabriquez vous-mêmes des fluides de beauté maison !

  25 January 2013 ( #amande douce, #Beaute, #Beauty, #concombre, #démaquillant, #gommage, #huile d'olive, #huile essentielle, #menthem, #monoï, #noisette, #olive, #peau grasse, #peaux grasses, #peaux mixtes, #sel fin, #sucre, #sucre roux, #thym, #tilleul, #verveine )

  Pas la peine de se ruiner pour être canon et avoir une peau de pêche ! Le bon réflexe ? Profiter de ce que Dame Nature nous offre et fabriquer nous-mêmes des fluides de beauté maison ! LES DEMAQUILLANTS Le secret d'une belle peau ? C'est de se démaquiller...

• New Video: Nneka ‘Restless’

  28 March 2013 ( #Nneka, #Music, #artists, #Nigeria, #singers, #Restless, #news video, #Los Angeles, #biography )

  Who is Nneka? Pop music is a ‘here today, gone tomorrow’ world. A starburst of YouTube notoriety and then oblivion. Or at least it is for most. But when your journey has been as long and extraordinary as Nneka’s – when you’ve travelled 10,000 miles and...

• {Campagne} EXCLUSIVITE ~ TROPICS MAGAZINE CELEBRE LA «JOURNEE MONDIALE DE L'AFRIQUE 2013» ENSEMBLE AVEC DIX-SEPT (17) AMBASSADEURS INTERNATIONAUX

  24 May 2013 ( #Journee de l'Afrique, #campagne, #sensibilisation, #Tropics Magazine, #Culture, #OUA, #commemoraton, #culture, #Afrique )

  Johannesburg, Afrique du Sud: La journée Mondiale de l'Afrique célèbre l'anniversaire de la signature des accords de l'OUA (Organisation de l'Unité Africaine), le 25 mai 1963. C'est l'occasion pour chaque pays d'organiser des événements dans le but de...

• Maya Angelou is Black History Month Extravaganza speaker

  01 February 2013 ( #'Crossroads of Freedom, #Black Culture, #Black History Month, #Black History Month Extravaganza, #Center for Black Culture, #Culture, #Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., #Equality', #Georgia, #Grammy Awards, #I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, #Lincoln Medal, #Malcolm X, #Maya Angelou, #Presidential Medal of Arts, #Programming Advisory Board, #Pulitzer Prize, #Ticketmaster, #University of Delaware, #Wake Forest University )

  8:17 a.m., Feb. 1, 2013--Renowned author, educator and civil rights activist Maya Angelou will be the featured speaker at the University of Delaware’s Black History Month Extravaganza at 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 22, in the Multipurpose Rooms of the Trabant...

• Line-Up for Cape Town International Jazz Festival 2013

  07 March 2013 ( #AKA, #Brother Ali, #Cape Town Jazz Festival, #CeU, #Cheikh Lo, #Claire Phillips, #Culture, #Dubmarine, #Errol Dyers, #Events, #Free Radical, #Jill Scott, #Jimmy Dludlu, #Khuli Chana, #Mi Casa, #Norman Brown, #Pu2ma, #Thandiswa Mazwai, #Trenton, #Zonke Dikana )

  Buena Vista Social Club, Jill Scott and Brand New Heavies lead a star-studded line-up Now in its 14th year, the Cape Town International Jazz Festival once more boasts a glittering bill of entertainment jam-packed with both local and international talent....

• {Celebrities} Nicole Scherzinger looking fabulous @ X-Factor auditions

  21 June 2013 ( #celebrities, #Nicole Scherzinger, #X-Factor, #Entertainment )

  NICOLE Scherzinger looks vrooming gorgeous in a knee-length leather biker jacket at the London X Factor auditions. The former Pussycat Doll, 34, accessorised with red heels and quirky gold jewellery while posing for pics at the ExCel Centre. She was flanked...

• 2013 SOURCE Africa Trade Show - 3-D Design

  26 March 2013 ( #Fashion & beauty, #Source Africa, #Trade Show, #exchange, #textile, #womenswear, #Cape Town, #Africa, #menswear )

  April 9-12, 2013 Cape Town Convention Centre Taking place on April 9-12, 2013 at the Cape Town Convention Centre, SOURCE Africa brings together producers, business leaders and decision makers from across the continent providing opportunities for African...

• 1000 soldats pour sauver les derniers éléphants d'Afrique Centrale

  28 March 2013 ( #soldats, #elephants, #CEEAC, #environnements, #animaux, #braconniers, #WWF, #urgence, #Afrique )

  Ai-Gabon — Les Etats d'Afrique centrale ont annoncé qu'ils vont mobiliser 1000 soldats responsables des forces de l'ordre pour initier des opérations militaires conjointes pour sauver ses derniers éléphants de savane, menacés par des braconniers soudanais...

• {Culture} Keny Arkana et sa "révolution totale".

  21 April 2013 ( #Culture, #Culture & Entertainment, #Keny Arkana, #France, #Rap, #Marseille, #Arts )

  Keny Arkana, née le 20 décembre 1982 à Boulogne-Billancourt, est une rappeuse française. Elle milite pour des causes proches de laphilosophie altermondialiste et de la désobéissance civile, avec « La Rage Du Peuple », collectif créé en 2004 à Noailles,...

• Carbon Offset or Colonisation?

  03 April 2013 ( #World Social Forum, #Environment, #News, #Tunisia, #REDD, #africa Network, #Nigeria, #South Africa, #Mali )

  African participants at the World Social Forum in Tunisia have taken a historic decision to launch a No REDD in Africa Network and join the global movement against REDD. Participants from Nigeria, South Africa, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Mozambique, Tunisia,...

• Nectar Of Nature : Rien Que du Greenwashing

  29 March 2013 ( #nectar, #Beauty, #greenwashing, #emballages, #cosmetiques, #cremes, #naturel )

  Sur les emballages de ces deux produits de belles photos de plantes et des slogans prometteurs ; « nectar of nature» et «recette du jardin». En réalité ces produits sont tout simplement bourrés de composants cosmétiques de synthèse ! Ce que j’en pense...

• MSF demande un accès immédiat aux soins de santé pour les centrafricains

  28 March 2013 ( #MSF, #Centrafrique, #santé, #soins, #populations, #victime, #pillages, #vols, #Bangui )

  COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE Banguy — Médecins Sans Frontières appelle toutes les parties en RCA à permettre aux patients de se rendre dans les structures de santé et de recevoir les soins médicaux dont ils ont besoin. MSF appelle également au respect du personnel...

• {Campaign} EXCLUSIVE ~ TROPICS MAGAZINE LAUNCHES ‘AFRICA DAY CAMPAIGN’ 2013 WITH SEVENTEEN WORLDWIDE AMBASSADORS

  24 May 2013 ( #Tropics Magazine, #africa Day 2013, #campaign, #I Believe in Africa, #business people, #celebrities, #personalities )

  Johannesburg, South Africa: Africa Day, designated by the African Union as an annual celebration of the continent’s unity, falls on 25th May each year. Celebrations to mark the day occur across the globe: in some African states, it is a designated national...

• Alicia Keys, Maroon 5 + More Set to Perform at the Grammys

  08 February 2013 ( #Alicia Keys, #Carrie Underwood, #Chris Brown, #Culture, #Dierks Bentley, #Ed Sheeran, #Elton John, #Frank Ocean, #Fun., #Jack White, #Justin Timberlake, #Maroon 5, #Miranda Lambert, #Mumford & Sons, #Rihanna, #Taylor Swift, #The Black Keys, #The Lumineers )

  The 55th Annual Grammy Awards will take place on February 10 and air on CBS. New performers added to the lineup include Alicia Keys and Maroon 5, who will perform together, and Frank Ocean, fresh off his brawl with Chris Brown over a parking spot, will...

• Maroc: Plus de 90 % de guérison pour tout diagnostic précoce du cancer

  28 March 2013 ( #Maroc, #guerison, #cancer, #diagnostic, #oncologie, #medecine, #AMFROM, #biologie )

  Le taux de guérison du cancer peut atteindre plus de 90 % en cas de diagnostic précoce, a affirmé le Pr. Hassan Errihani, président de l'Association marocaine pour la formation et la recherche en oncologie médicale (AMFROM). Dans une déclaration à la...

• {Campaign} Beyonce Unveils New Song In H&M Commercial!!!

  27 April 2013 ( #Campaign, #Beyonce, #Music, #H&M, #Jay-z, #The Mrs Carter Show )

  PARIS, April 25 (UPI) -- U.S. singer-songwriter-dancer Beyonce Knowles released a video from her Mrs. Carter Show world tour, including a clip of her singing "Run the World (Girls)." The footage shows Beyonce on stage in Serbia, Croatia and Slovakia,...

• {Technology} Nigeria Launches Mobile Number Portability

  25 April 2013 ( #Samsung, #Nokia, #MTN, #Nigeria, #Glo, #Airtel, #Etisalat, #Technology )

  AS I wrote in the last take of this column, mobile number portability (MNP) service is now live in Nigeria, after a public launch of the service in Lagos last Monday at an event powered by telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission. Again,...