June, 2019

• 20 June

  Families of missing migrants stuck in uncertainty

  

  Thousands of people lost in crossing the Central Mediterranean have not been identified. New figures from the UN migration agency, IOM, show that the remains of more than two thirds of those whose deaths have been recorded have never been recovered. The IOM’s Missing Migrants Project database has recorded more than 15,000 deaths on the sea route between North Africa …

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• 20 June

  Over 70 million people forcibly displaced worldwide – new UN report

  For the first time in history, over 70 million people worldwide have been displaced, according to a report just released by the UN refugee agency. Where do these people come from – and where are they going? We summed up all you need to know about the latest UNHCR report. Every year, the UN refugee agency UNHCR releases a report …

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• 19 June

  Yoruba celebrate Ankara Day with fanfare in Salzburg, Austria

  

  The Egbe Omo Oduduwa Salzburg (Yoruba Community in Salzburg), Austria, celebrated the Nigeria Cultural Festival in grand style at the weekend.  The event, tagged Yoruba Carnival, was marked in collaboration with the entire Nigerian Community in Austria. The event was attended by guests from the United Kingdom, France and Germany, among others. The members of Yoruba associations in Munich and …

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• 19 June

  About ǀ The African Courier

  The African Courier is 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 too many negative representations of Africa entrenched …

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• 18 June

  Germany: Berlin to Freeze Rents for Five Years

  

  The city of Berlin on Tuesday called for a five-year freeze on rents in the German capital beginning in 2020. Housing costs in the city have doubled over the past decade. The city’s proposed freeze would “protect against rent increases for 1.5 million apartments,” according to city officials. The move was announced after a city council meeting held Tuesday. Urban …

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• 18 June

  EU admits 32,700 African refugees, others through resettlement program

  The EU has welcomed 32,700 refugees from Africa and the Middle East through its resettlement program, the EU Commissioner for Refugees, Dimitris Avramopoulos, has announced. The program was launched in September 2017 to assist refugees in need of special protection, as well as to prevent the need for a dangerous trip across the Mediterranean Sea. Avramopoulos told the Funke Media …

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• 18 June

  Nigerian vandalises embassy’s vehicles in London over passport

  Out of frustration and anger that he was not issued his passport ostensibly after many visits to Nigeria’s embassy in London, a Nigerian left in rage and vented his anger on seven cars belonging to diplomats and visitors. A Nigerian went on a rage on Monday at the Nigerian High Commission in London because of his inability to obtain his …

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• 18 June

  Germany: Nigerian community thrown into mourning as man kills girlfriend

  

  The Nigerian community in Bremen is still in a state of shock many days after a Nigerian killed his 41-year-old girlfriend in the northern German city. On the day of the tragic incident, which occurred on 7 June, the 42-year-old man called the emergency to report that he had just attacked his girlfriend, also a Nigerian, in their apartment with …

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• 17 June

  19-year-old Nigerian shot dead in London

  

  They wave of violence among Black youth in the British capital continued to claim lives when Eniola Aluko, 19, was on Friday shot dead at Plumstead, London. According to UK’s Metropolitan Police, the young Nigerian, who is from Thamesmead, died after sustaining gunshot wounds to the neck and chest. Metropolitan Police said they were called to the scene, a car …

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• 17 June

  Effects of China-America trade war haunt African economies – says new report

  As a global trade war rages, Africa fears contagion from lower commodity prices, according to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) latest report, Economic Insight: Africa Q2 2019. The accountancy body provides GDP growth forecasts for various regions including East Africa, which is the region in Africa that was estimated to have experienced the most rapid …

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