Kenyan Cultural Day 2017 will be celebrated with an array of activities in the commercial German city of Frankfurt on 10 June. Organised by the cultural association Rafikis am Main with the aim of preserving and promoting the rich Kenyan cultural heritage, the event also seeks to discover and nurture talents, ideas or projects from Kenyans living in Germany. Highlights of …

Saturday, 29 May 2004 was the day when a big ambition became reality in the Ghanaian community in Germany. It was the realisation of a dream, of having a single organisation to represent all Ghanaians irrespective of their ethnicity, religion or ideology, or the city in which they live. It was the gathering of the Ghanaian Diaspora in Germany for …

Much more wealth is leaving Africa, which is generally regarded as the world’s most impoverished continent, than is entering it, according to a new research into total financial flows into and out of the continent.  Nick Dearden, the director of UK campaigning organisation Global Justice Now, argues that it’s time to change the way the West talks and thinks about …