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.
EU member states as well as Norway, Iceland and Switzerland granted protection status to 538,000 asylum seekers in 2017, according to new data released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, on Thursday. Another 24,000 refugees were resettled in the region last year. Last year’s asylum seeker figures represent a 25% drop from 2016, when 710,000 asylum seekers …
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April, 2018
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16 April
Berlin streets to be renamed after African heroes
After more than ten years of agitations, new names for streets in Berlin’s African Quarter linked to the brutal German colonial past in Africa have been found. The representatives of the three major parties on the district council of Wedding (Greens, SPD and Left) have agreed to rename Petersallee, Lüderitzstraße and Nachtigalplatz in honour of African liberation fighters. Lüderitzstraße was …
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16 April
Thousands rally in Berlin over rising housing rents
Berliners are calling on the city government to address skyrocketing housing costs as lawmakers dispute recent reports that the German capital has had the biggest price hikes in the world. Elizabeth Schumacher reports. Thousands of people defied the rain in the German capital, Berlin, on Saturday to protest the rising cost of housing amid rampant gentrification. Berlin has the fastest-rising property …
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16 April
South Africa bids Winnie Madikizela-Mandela heroic farewell
Politicians, ordinary people, supermodels and heads of state from all over the world came to give testimony to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, whose impact was felt across the world, at a heroic farewell on Saturday. Zikhona Masala reports from Johannesburg. It was a funeral service that will forever be on the minds and hearts of those that attended and watched. Thousands of …
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12 April
AfricanTide Union kicks off training programme for migrant entrepreneurs in Germany
AfricanTide Union, an organization that runs a refugee shelter and multiple programs for migrants and refugees in Dortmund, Germany, inaugurated its latest project on Monday, 9 April. Under the name “Friend”, the association now offers regular training for entrepreneurs with a migration background. “People with a migration background are quick to take entrepreneurial risk. However, it often comes to the …
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12 April
Hamburg hosts German-African Energy Forum 2018
Political and business leaders from Germany and Africa will gather at the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce on 24-25 April for the 12th German-African Energy Forum. The annual event offers a platform for players in the energy sector for interaction, networking and deal-making. The event this year will focus on the increasing role of renewable energies in the African continent’s electricity …
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12 April
Museum on wheels brings art to West Africa
A group of artists have started a journey across West Africa in a rickety school bus. They want to bring culture to the region with their rolling art space while collecting inspiration for their own works. Adrian Kriesch reports from Lagos. Nigerian-born artist Emeka Udemba looked annoyed. The yellow Mercedes school bus, his new home for the next six weeks, …
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11 April
Nigerians protest in London against Buhari’s second term bid
A group of Nigerians living in London yesterday protested against President Muhammadu Buhari, who is currently in the UK on a visit. The protest, held a day after Buhari declared his intention to contest for another term in office at next year’s election, took place at the Abuja House official residence of the Nigerian president in London. The protesters say …
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10 April
Germany: Residence permit of anti-Semitic migrants could be withdrawn, says Interior Ministry
Germany’s Interior Ministry supports the Central Council of Jews, whose chairman said those who disrespect German values should be stripped of their right of abode. It comes as Germany grapples with rising anti-Semitism. The chairman of Germany’s Central Council of Jews, Josef Schuster, told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper that fines and reprimands were not enough when tackling anti-Semitism and …
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10 April
Almost 1 million persons granted EU citizenship
EU countries granted citizenship to around 995,000 people in 2016, according to the latest figures released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, on Monday (9 April). In 2016, around 995 000 persons acquired citizenship of a Member State of the European Union (EU), up from 841,000 in 2015 and 889,000 in 2014. Of the total number of …
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