THE AFRICAN COURIER. Reporting Africa and its Diaspora! The African Courier is an international magazine published in Germany to report on Africa and the Diaspora African experience. The first issue of the bimonthly magazine appeared on the newsstands on 15 February 1998. The African Courier is a communication forum for European-African political, economic and cultural exchanges, and a voice for Africa in Europe.
Some 80 percent of migrants assisted in 2017 by the MEDU mobile clinic in Rome say had they suffered torture, abuse, serious deprivation, sexual violence or enslavement. Most of the mistreatment happened in Libya. In a year of activity in precarious settlements in the Italian capital, the Medici per i Diritti Umani (Doctors for Human Rights, or MEDU) organization found …
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African Community in Germany speaks out on Oury Jalloh!
“Press Statement of the Central Council of the African Community in Germany e.V. (Zentralrat der afrikanischen Gemeinde in Deutschland e.V.) on the murder of Oury Jalloh. Fixed to a fireproof mattress with his hands and feet shackled, Oury Jalloh was found burnt in cell N ° 6 of the Dessau police station on 7 January 2005. The horrible image of …
Read More »Demonstrations in London, Hamburg against African enslavement Libya
The wave of protests against the enslavement of African migrants in Libya continued on Saturday (9 December) with demonstrations in the British capital and the German city of Hamburg. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Libyan embassy in London to demand an end to slave auctions in the North African country. Carrying placards reading “End the Damn Slavery!!” and “Human …
Read More »We change the way people find accommodation around the world
Housing Anywhere is an online housing platform where students can easily book their new room for their study or internship abroad. Starting as a ‘small’ company in Rotterdam, ran by a team of students in their spare time, we’ve grown and are now present in over 400 cities in over 50 countries worldwide. Why we do this? An increasing number …
Read More »Germany: Minister intervenes in Oury Jalloh investigations
In the 13 years since Oury Jalloh’s death, his case has been shuffled from one prosecutor’s office to another. Now a state justice minister has stepped in. And a murder allegation has been filed at the federal level. Lea Fauth of Deutsche Welle (DW) reports. In the latest twist surrounding the investigation into the mysterious death of Sierra Leone asylum …
Read More »Libya’s Prime Minister in Berlin, promises to ease migrant suffering
Libya’s Prime Minister Fayez Mustafa al-Sarraj promised on Thursday to take action to ease the suffering of tens of thousands of migrants stranded in his North African country, even though it is still battling instability. Speaking after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, Al-Sarraj said the numbers of migrants are “staggering — we are talking about 500,000 migrants …
Read More »German President Steinmeier visits Ghana and Gambia
Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, will travel to Ghana and Gambia on 11-14 December 2017 on state visits. He will be accompanied by a delegation, including the Federal Minister for Economy and Energy, Mrs Brigitte Zypries, the Deputy Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Friedrich Kitschelt, the State Minister at the German Foreign Office, Maria …
Read More »Hamburg demonstrates against African enslavement in Libya
Black organisations in Hamburg are calling for a public demonstration in the Merchant city on Saturday (9 December) against the enslavement, torture, rape and murder of Africans in Libya. “The Black Community in Hamburg invites all Black organizations, groups, movements, activists and individuals and their friends and supporters to a demonstration in front of the political and consular representations of …
Read More »EU, UK reach breakthrough in Brexit negotiations
The European Commission will recommend to EU leaders to move Brexit talks into the next phase, Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said Friday (8 December) morning at a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May. Juncker said “sufficient progress” has been made in divorce issues to move to talks on the future relations. “We have now made the breakthrough …
Read More »Germany: SPD votes to open coalition talks with CDU/CSU
Leaders of Germany’s CDU, CSU and SPD are set to meet next week to discuss a roadmap for upcoming coalition talks, following approval by the SPD party congress on Thursday to allow talks on forming a new ‘Grand Coalition’. Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats agreed Thursday to open talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU/CSU on whether to renew their governing …
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