The rent-cap decision was taken by Berlin’s governing parties (SPD, the Left party and Greens) in reaction to the outcry of residents who have gone to the streets several times in recent years to protest the ever-increasing rent in the city.

A new UN study takes a closer look at who the migrants coming from Africa to Europe are – and why they left. One of the findings: Migrants are often more educated than their peers who stayed home.  Sertan Sanderson reports The vast majority of African migrants who live in Europe come from the most developed sections of their own …

“Many of the deportees roam about in Lagos and are homeless because no provisions had been made by the Germans or our own government for their dignified reception”

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Russia for a three-day inaugural Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum, which will focus on peace, security, and development. The President, who arrived at the Sochi International Airport at 11.25pm on Monday, was received by the Mayor of the City of Sochi, Anatoliy Nikolayevich Pakhomov, and other state officials. President Buhari is accompanied by Governor …

One of the oldest living Germans of African descent has passed on. Theodor Wonja Michael died in Cologne on Saturday (19 October), aged 94. Michael, who was born on 15 January 1925 as the youngest of four children to a father from Cameroon and a German mother, was one of the few remaining Black Germans who lived through the horrors …

Deutsch Sein und Schwarz Dazu” (“To Be German and Black”) is a treasure and a gift for German historiography. It is a treasure because Theodor Michael succeeds in vividly describing and analysing key events of his dramatic life in a historical and political context, covering the period from the Weimar Republic to this day.

Income inequality is reversed when Africans migrate to Europe, according to a new UN study about the reasons for moving. Although much higher earnings are a factor, intolerance at home often cements the decision. Nik Martin reports. African women earn, on average, 11% more than African men when they migrate to Europe, a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) study published …

Chairman of the South East Governors Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, who presented the region’s requests to the President, said unless something urgent and drastic was done, the state of the roads in the region might disrupt the usual rise in the level of socio-economic activities that takes place in the region

The main opposition party in Togo has selected its leader, Jean Pierre Fabre, as a candidate for the presidential election scheduled for early 2020. His confirmation was held at a congress by his National Alliance for Change party on Saturday in Lomé. “I accept to be the standard-bearer to achieve an alternative with you and real change”, he said. For …

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday said his country can offer help to African countries without political conditions. Putin’s remarks which also took a swipe at what he described as the ‘exploitative West’, come a few days before Russia hosts a summit with African leaders. The Kremlin has said it expects 47 African leaders to converge on the Black Sea …