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Ayo: The Nigerian-Gypsy who won’t budge
Anyone attempting to prove the redemptive power of music needs to look no further than the Nigerian chanteuse, Ayọ. The 30-year-old soul singer defied...
Possible HIV cure claimed in Germany
A man with HIV living in Germany may have been cured of his infection by a bone marrow transplant, researchers claim.
In 2007, the man...
Kevin Prince Boateng: The story of a genius in the making
If imitation is the measure of success then I am a genius, a paraphrased quote from Oscar Wilde credits mavericks and loners whose behaviour...
How the politics of polarity affects the African continent
At any given moment in the global political order power is distributed in a way and manner that favours certain states more than others....
Germany: A new African library for Berlin
Berlin, the German capital, has opened its first African library. Since mid-August, 2010, books, magazines, CDs, DVDs, etc, dedicated to the African continent have...
Ramadan and football: The odd couple?
Ramadan, the fasting month for Muslims, begins shortly. But how are sports professionals able to cope with a holy period that is by no...
Zimbabwe: Diplomatic row begins after Mugabe’s funeral comments
Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi Tuesday summoned three Western ambassadors to his office and demanded an
explanation of their walk out on President Mugabe...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe’s undiplomatic speech angers officials
A damaging diplomatic row was brewing in Harare Monday with western
diplomats indicating that they would leave Zimbabwe after President
Mugabe told them to ‘go to...
Chantal Biya says no to new Cameroon coach over sex scandal
Usually, you lose your job then your wife. Lothar Matthaus got it all wrong as his young wife had an affair which directly led...
Dustin Brown, the next Yannick Noah?
The 25 year old tennis player, Dustin Brown did not go unnoticed at the 2010 Wimbledon championship. His performance and show stopping stage persona...
Ghana wave African flag
Germany set up a last 16 showdown with England courtesy of a 1-0 win over Ghana at Soccer City, with the Black Stars also...
SAP Participates in New Project to Drive Extractive Industries Transparency in Ghana
AP AG (NYSE:SAP) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, acting on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and...
Africa’s cultural heritage treasure war with Europe
Looting, museumification, restitution... African cultural heritage experts are calling out ... and rebelling. Egypt, the instigator of an international protest movement has, for several...
African cultural heritage fight with the West fuelled by national identity
The question of African cultural heritage in the West is still hanging in the balance. Should their valuable artifacts remain in European and North...
Egypt leads African countries to recover ancient treasures
Egypt, under the leadership of Zahi Hawass, the Egyptian Supreme Leader, is determined to recover its ancient treasures scattered throughout the world. The case,...
Ethiopia: German biofuel company fails as employees abscond with assets
Ethiopian Ministry of Mines and Energy has announced the failure of the German-based Flora EcoPower, the largest biofuel farm and Refinery Company in Ethiopia.
An...
Speech by Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle at a dinner hosted by the Southern African German Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Translation of advance text
Mr Boddenberg,
Mr Möller,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Thank you very much for welcoming me here today and for your kind introductory words.
On behalf of...
German Federal Foreign Minister Westerwelle and Federal Development Minister Niebel travel to Africa
Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and Federal Development Minister Dirk Niebel will be visiting Tanzania, South Africa and Djibouti from 7 to 11 April.
In...
Germany and Djibouti agree on close cooperation
Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle met the Foreign Minister of Djibouti, Mr Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, on February 23. The two men agreed that the...
Abu-Jamal case generates support worldwide
What makes people from Brazil to Berlin and beyond rally in support of a new trial for America’s most recognized death row inmate –...
Aviation: Lufthansa, Brussels, Swiss together in the African skies
Lufthansa, Swiss and Brussels Airlines have merged forces to provide a seamless travel, otherwise known as a ‘free-from-disturbance', product towards Africa. With 200 flights...
Rwanda: Leading Rwandan rebels arrested in Germany
According to France24, two leading Rwandan Hutu rebels were arrested in Germany yesterday, Tuesday, on suspicion of crimes against humanity and war crimes this...
The significance of the fall of the Berlin wall
"My understanding of the history of the Berlin Wall, the circumstances surrounding its historic breach on 9 November 1989 and its subsequent destruction by...
Somalia: Seven pirates captured
European Union warships have arrested seven suspected pirates off the cost of Somalia after two fast boats attacked a French fishing vessel, the EU...
Brutal killing of Egyptian in Germany ‘Islamophobic’ says head of Jewish group
Germany has broken its silence. A week after the murder of an Egyptian woman, Marwa El-Sherbini, in a German court, Angela Merkel is expected...
Kenya signs German Lesotho national coach
Kenyan Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, Wednesday announced that the Kenyan National Team has acquired the services a new coach to take the team to...
Diplomatic war : France, Germany and Rwanda in a tangle
Ms. Rose Kabuye who was one of the nine senior officials wanted over the shooting down of former President Juvenal Habyarimana's plane that triggered...
Unknown Kenyan athlete, Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot, smashes Frankfurt marathon record
Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot, who has never made a trip outside Kenya, smashed the course record in the German Dresdener Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon Sunday, clocking...
4th Forum on cooperation between Germany and Africa to take place in Abuja
The fourth Forum on cooperation between Germany and Africa will hold 7-9 in November in Abuja, Nigeria's capital city, organisers have said. The German...
Kidnapped tourists in egypt freed
The 19 hostages abducted by armed men in South-western Egypt on 19 September have been released and are in good health, Egypt's state-run television...