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The documentary film 'From Namibia with Love' tells the story of an old Finnish-Namibian couple who fought for Namibia’s independence. In the 1970’s the couple assisted the Namibian Liberation Movement SWAPO that fought the South African occupation. In the middle of the struggle Anita and Salatiel got into a conflict with the SWAPO leadership. The hardships they experienced in the 1970s still haunt them. Filmmaker Laura Meriläinen will be present at this ASC film seminar on 11 April.

East Africa has delivered an impressive economic growth rate and is expecting an economic boom in the near future. However, the ordinary East African does not feel the benefits yet. At the ASC seminar on 15 April Aidan Eyakuze, Associate Regional Director of the Society for International Development, will present the State of East Africa Report 2013, revealing new information and sparking the imagination for the processes that are shaping East Africa.

The ASC Country Portal is online! Offering an abundance of information on African countries. This database brings together sources of digital information, grouped per country: news, statistics (UN, Worldbank, elections turnout), publications, Africa experts, Twitter, maps and much more. While 29 out of the 54 African countries are now ready, all countries can be accessed. Countries that are still under construction are marked as such.