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.
With restrictions on migration tightening in Europe, many would-be asylum seekers from Ethiopia are choosing to return home. An organization funded by the European Union is helping them to return to their country. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), in the last couple of months thousands of illegal Ethiopian migrants have been forced to return home from countries …
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Mandela Foundation calls for leadership change in South Africa
The foundation set up to guard the legacy of the late Nelson Mandela on Tuesday blamed South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma for the “wheels coming off” Africa’s most industrialised nation and urged a change in political leadership. Since coming to power in 2009, Zuma has survived a string of corruption scandals almost unscathed. But South Africa has had to bear …
Read More »Hamburg-based Funke Oshonaike wins African table tennis championship
“This victory means a lot to me, that I can still become African champion, despite my age. It shows that nothing is impossible.”
Read More »Lagos woos German investors as Charles Huber visits Nigeria
The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, has said that the state, Nigeria’s most populous and its economic heartbeat, remains a prime destination for foreign investors, considering its improved infrastructure and secured environment. Obasa made the assertion when a delegation of German parliamentarians paid a courtesy call on him in his office at Ikeja on Monday, 31 …
Read More »Romania and Morocco have most expatriates in EU prisons
In the majority of cases Romanians are convicted for petty crime, such as shoplifting, burglary and pickpocketing.
Read More »Global wildlife populations drop by more than half in forty years
Global wildlife populations have fallen a staggering 58 percent between 1970 and 2012, according to a report by the WWF and the Zoological Society. It says human activities are overwhelming the environment and if this continues, the numbers will fall by two-thirds by 2020. The Living Planet Index looked at 3,700 different species of birds, fish, mammals, amphibians and reptiles. …
Read More »Gambia becomes 3rd African nation after Burundi and South Africa to leave ICC
The Gambia has announced it is leaving the International Criminal Court, referring to its ICC acronym as the “International Caucasian Court” and accusing it of unfairly targeting Africa while ignoring the crimes of the West.
Read More »Shina Peters tours Europe! To perform in Amsterdam, Berlin, Barcelona..
Afro Juju exponent and one of Nigeria’s most famous musicians, Sir Sina Peters, is on a European tour.
Read More »Exclusive interview with award-winning Sharon Dodua Otoo on writing and the Black experience in Europe
The Berlin-based writer and winner of this year’s Ingeborg Bachmann Prize talks about the prize, German society, the Black experience in Europe and the role of writers in the struggle for a more inclusive society, among other issues.
Read More »Why Turkish Airlines focuses on Africa, by its CEO, Dr Temel Kotil
Turkish Airlines’ interest in Africa shows no sign of abating. The Star Alliance carrier, which serves 46 destinations and has grown by 32 per cent in the past two years in the continent, considers Africa a priority market, its CEO, Dr Temel Kotil, said in a recent interview with the aviation online news site anna.aero. “Anybody serving Africa has a …
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