Diara continued: “In 2014, we started growing organic vegetables at the farm. We currently sell 200 kilos-worth each week. And now we’ve hired an Italian who manages our Facebook account and our website, and responds to emails.
“Beyond the money, this work has really helped us to learn Italian, to get to know Rome, and to meet a lot of people,” he continued. “Additionally, it means we can give a positive image of migrants. That’s important, because they’re often demonized in Italy. We’d really like to get the following message out: what you really must not do is wait for someone to give you work!”
In the long term, Diara said he hopes to return to Africa to create jobs there, while also explaining to people that life in Europe isn’t so easy for Africans. A video of Diara and his co-workers can be seen online at observers.france24.com
Meanwhile, in an unrelated report from France24, three jihadi groups active in Mali are merging forces. The new movement will operate under the name the Group to Support Islam and Muslims, and will be led by Ansar Dine’s Iyag Ag Ghaly, according to ANI, the private news agency of Mauritania.
The ability of such key players in local terror groups to meet freely is notable. “It shows that it is impossible to monitor this huge region militarily and even with technical means,” said Wassim Nasr, France 24’s expert on jihadist movements.
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