Victoria—Africa Media Australia

Home » News » Victoria (Page 2)

Oromo community in Melbourne protests against Ethiopian government violent crackdown on farmers and students

May 10, 2014 / News, Victoria

The Oromo community in Melbourne organised a protest rally in Melbourne on Friday 9 May 2014 to voice its concerns about acts of violence perpetrated against civilians (mostly Oromo students and farmers) by government forces in Addis-Ababa, Ethopia. The crackdown happened following a large demonstration on 29 April 2014 by about 25,000 Oromo civilians to protest against the government’s recently announced plan for the territorial expansion of the nation’s capital Addis-Ababa, which will involve large portions of land being taken […]

Continue reading »
Is Ken Lay committed to ending discriminatory policing in Victoria?

May 5, 2014 / News, Victoria

Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Ken Lay speaks to AMA’s Clyde S. Sharady on his commitment to address community concerns about discriminatory policing. Watch the video for the full story.

Continue reading »
Deng Dwang presents the Mading Aweil (South Sudanese) community

April 28, 2014 / Community news, News, Victoria

Members of the Mading Aweil community of South Sudan in melbourne victoria meet for their Annual General Meeting (AGM) to discuss issues in their community and AMA spoke with Deng Dwang who is a prominent youth leader in the community.

Continue reading »
Lamine Sonko holds the African colours at the White Night Festival in Melbourne

April 2, 2014 / Events, News, Victoria

The White Night Festival took place in Melbourne for the second time in late February 2014 and Lamine Sonko was the main representative of the African music and culture on the Night. AMA’s Agum Maddit was present to capture the rythms and colours of the night and spoke to the multitalented Sonko.

Continue reading »
Rhobi introduces AMA’s Kiswahili service

March 31, 2014 / News, Victoria

Rhobi Silla Crosby introduces AMA Swahili service, another addition to AMA’s publications for 2014.

Continue reading »
African-Australians encouraged to apply for Protective Services Officers (PSO) jobs in Victoria

March 7, 2014 / Jobs & Career, News, Victoria

Victoria Police is encouraging African-Australian to consider applying for Protective Service Officers (PSO) and add a plus to the multicultural nature of this special contingent of the force that deals with Public transport safety issues, amongst other things. AMA recently spoke to a new graduate PSO who was quite keen to share his story. (This video is sponsored by Victoria Police).

Continue reading »
AMA back in business in 2014 with plenty of new things including new Arabic, Swahili and Dinka services

March 1, 2014 / News, Victoria

AMA is now resuming regular publications after an extended Christmas break and there is a lot of new things that are being planned for 2014 including new services in Arabic, Dinka and Swahili to ensure that all members of our communities, including those with lower english proficiency can still benefit from AMA’s services and be able to tell their stories in their own native languages.

Continue reading »
Several community champions get awarded at the Victorian African Community Awards (VACA) 2013

December 13, 2013 / News, Victoria, Victoria

The inaugural Victorian African Community Awards 2013 took place in Richmond, Victoria on 7 December 2013. Close to 200 people attended the event and approximately 4o individuals and organisations received awards for their work in supporting African communities in Victoria. This is the first of four videos to be released in relation to this important event.

Continue reading »
African stories with a French kiss

November 10, 2013 / Victoria

Marion Cabannes is passionate about the continent of Africa and its people. She has travelled the continent, mostly in West AFrica and and since she moved to Australia from her native France she has met several dozens of Africans asking them to tell their personal stories, their journeys and cultures and has started a blog to share the stories with the rest of Australia and the world.

Continue reading »
Health research in the Somali community (Part 2)

September 30, 2013 / Community news, News, Victoria

AMA’s Clyde Sharady discusses the impact of stress on the physical health of older Somali women with cross cultural researcher Georgia Birch and community research assistant Fadumo Mohomud. This is the second instalment of a four parts series on a research project that investigated physical activities in older Somali women in the Flemington area in Melbourne. See the first instalment of this series on www.africamediaaustralia.com

Continue reading »
Lets talk about developing African-Australian communities with Dr Charles Mphande

July 24, 2013 / Community news, Success stories, Victoria, Victoria

Dr Charles MPhande is a lecturer at Victoria University and an expert in community development. In this video, the first of a series of interviews on community development, he speaks to C.S Sharady about his views regarding the best way to facilitate the development of African-Australian communities.

Continue reading »
Abraham Mamer congratulates the South Sudanese Australian community on the 2nd anniversary of the country’s independence

July 23, 2013 / Dinka (South Sudan), Victoria, Victoria

Abraham Mamer is a South Sudanese community leader and centre manager at the African-Australian community centre in Footscray, Melbourne. On the occasion of the second anniversary of the independence of the new country, Mr Mamer has visited AMA studio and has made a short declaration to congratulate South-Soudanese Australians and all other South-Soudanese around the world on the second anniversary of the county’s independence. (Video in English and Dinka).

Continue reading »
Help me to drive: Terry Mulder hands out certificates to African-Australian graduates of the road start program

July 11, 2013 / Aussie guests, Community Leaders, Victoria

Terry Mulder, the Victorian Minister of Transport recently hands out three certificates to African women, graduate of the RoadStart program which assists some disadvantaged members of the African-australian communities in the Mooney Valley area (Flemington and surroundings) to learn to drive and obtain their driving licence.

Continue reading »
Ken Lay interview Part II

June 11, 2013 / Business, News, Victoria

This is the second part of the interview granted by Victoria Police’s Chief Commissioner Ken Lay. Check the first interview for more information on the background of the story.

Continue reading »
Victoria Police open up on the last court settlement with a group of six young African-Australians

May 22, 2013 / News, Victoria, VIP

Chief commissioner Ken Lay has granted his first media interview since Victoria Police agreed in February 2013 to settle a civil case over claims of racial profiling involving African-Australian men in the Flemington area between 2005-2009 . In this exclusive AMA interview, the top cop agreed to answer questions both from AMA as well as from Daniel Haile-Michael, the young African-Australian man who took Victoria Police to court. Perhaps this is a sign that Victoria Police wants to put this issue […]

Continue reading »
Community forum on leadership: how do we improve the strength and quality of leadership practice in African communities

April 26, 2013 / News, Victoria

AMA is organising a community forum on Saturday 4 May 2013 to discuss political engagement, democratic participation and community leadership. The forum will discuss ideas and practical ways to help improve the strength, quality and impact of the leadership in African-Australian community groups. The forum will also seek to encourage Africans to vote, as well as stand for political office as a means to advance the interests of the broader African community and contribute to the progress of the Australian […]

Continue reading »
Girma Seid speaks to AMA about his work with young African men in difficulty.

April 25, 2013 / Business, News, Victoria

Girma Seid is a project officer with the Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) and has worked over the last four years with young disengaged African-Australian men in Western suburbs of Melbourne. In this Video, Girma speaks about his own journey in Australia and his work with young people.

Continue reading »
AMA community youth forum (part 3)

April 14, 2013 / News, Victoria

This is the third of four videos being published by AMA regarding issues affecting African-Australian youth.

Continue reading »
AMA’s Youth forum in Melbourne (Part 2)

April 11, 2013 / News, Victoria

This is the second out of the three videos that AMA will publish regarding the last community forum that took place on 23 March 2013. This video shows the discussions on the issues affecting the youth (for the first 10 minutes) and then goes on to show the discussions on some of the pathways to solve the issues (12 minutes). Watch the first Video before you watch this one to follow the way the forum took place.

Continue reading »
AMA’s youth forum in Melbourne (Part 1)

April 10, 2013 / Business, News, Victoria

The Second AMA’s community forum took place on 23 March 2013 at Phoenix Youth centre, 72 Buckely st, Footscray, Melbourne. The Theme was “African Youth: Leadership, Ownership and Breaking the barriers”. Close to 40 participants discussed issues related to youth matters and exchanged ideas on some of the avenues for suitable solutions to help young African-Australians maximise their potential. Amongst the main issues that were identified: 1. Discrimination/institutional barriers/social disadvantage 2. Education, training and employment 3. Youth responsibility/ motivation/self-development & leadership 4. Negative […]

Continue reading »
Meet Daniel Haile-Michael, the boy who took Victoria Police to court on claim of racial discrimination (Part 2)

March 6, 2013 / News, Victoria

Daniel Haile-Michael along with five other young African men took Victoria Police to court on claims of discrimination. The matter was recently settled through an agreement and Victoria Police has undertaken to conduct an inquiry to look at its cultural training and field contact in reponse to grievances from these young men (and through them many other members of the broader African community). In this two-parts interview, Daniel talks to AMA’s C.S Sharady regarding the case and describes in vivid detail his experience with some […]

Continue reading »