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July, 2018

  • 2 July

    AfricanTide Union e.V. opens branch in Hamburg

    The Dortmund-based AfricanTide Union e.V. has opened its first branch office.  Since 15 June, there is now the opportunity to exchange and develop joint projects in the Gutruf Haus in the immediate vicinity of the Alster in Hamburg. “We are happy to be in Hamburg now. Together with local stakeholders, we want to implement our successfully tested programmes for promoting integration and …

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  • 2 July

    Germany: Merkel’s government in danger as interior minister offers to resign

    Despite having clinched a deal at an EU summit last week to keep asylum seekers registered elsewhere from travelling into Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel is facing a renewed showdown over migration from her Bavarian allies that could unravel the grand coalition government in Berlin. CSU leader and Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said he would rather resign from both of his …

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  • 2 July

    An African team will win the World Cup, predicts Senegal coach

     Aliou Cisse has said he’s optimistic of Africa’s chances at winning the ultimate prize in football despite the dismal performance of the continent at this year’s tournament in Russia. Aliou Cisse, who is the only Black coach at the ongoing World Cup, led Senegal to an unsuccessful outing in Russia. “I’m certain that one day an African team, an African …

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  • 2 July

    Meet the teenage Gambian refugee who has become a successful model in Italy

    At the age of fifteen, Ismail Drammeh left home in Gambia and set out on a long journey over land and sea. He ended up in Italy and eventually found work as a model. He talks about his remarkable journey: I come from the poorest village in Gambia, Mabally Koto. In 2014, when I was 15, I left my village …

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  • 2 July

    Imperial College London, MIT launch search for African research collaborators

    Two of the world’s top ten universities, Imperial College London and MIT in the US, have launched a search for collaborating institutions in Africa to drive innovation from across the continent. Imperial College London and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are launching a search for collaborating institutions in Africa to drive innovation from across the continent. The two universities …

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June, 2018

  • 30 June

    Amnesty International accuses Nigerian government of encouraging Fulani killer groups

    Many international organisations have expressed concern over violent attacks perpetrated by suspected cattle herders from the Fulani ethnic group in the central Nigerian state of Plateau early this week. The state government say more than 200 persons, including women and children, were killed in the military-style attack on 11 villages across three local government areas without the intervention of security forces. …

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  • 30 June

    EU reaches migration deal after marathon talks, differences remain

    European leaders reached a deal on migration on Friday after tense and lengthy talks, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel conceded differences remained. Under the agreement, reached after nine hours of often stormy talks, EU leaders agreed to share out refugees arriving in the bloc on a voluntary basis and create “controlled centres” inside the European Union to process asylum requests. …

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  • 30 June

    Europe-wide Ghanaian diaspora group holds historic meeting in Germany

    A new organisation of Ghanaians living in Europe gathered recently in the western German city of Dortmund to officially launch the body, whose professed aim is to drive the development of their homeland. The General Assembly of the Ghanaians in the Diaspora (Ghaspora), a new organisation bringing together Ghanaians in Europe, has held its first official meeting in Dortmund, Germany. …

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  • 29 June

    World Cup: Senegal’s exit completes Africa’s misery

    Yerry Mina’s second-half header on Thursday sent Colombia into a last-16 tie with England at the World Cup at the expense of Senegal, who lost out to Japan having received more yellow cards. Senegal spent the final 20 minutes pushing for an equaliser which would have sent the African side through – AliouCisse’s side were level with Japan in terms of …

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  • 29 June

    Volkswagen opens its first car assembly plant in Rwanda

    Volkswagen launched a car assembly facility in Rwanda on Wednesday, the first such factory in the East African nation as Europe’s biggest carmaker expands its presence in the region. Car ownership remains low in the nation of 12 million people with just over 200,000 private cars registered since 1997, according to the country’s tax collection body. But Volkswagen, which already …

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