On 9 September, Ethiopia officially inaugurated its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), now Africa’s largest hydroelectric project. Located on the Blue Nile near the Sudanese border, the US$5 billion dam stands 170 meters tall and stretches nearly 2 kilometers across the river. With a capacity to generate 5,150 megawatts of electricity, GERD is poised to significantly enhance Ethiopia’s energy infrastructure …
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The German-African Initiative for Development and Integration (GAIDI gUG) has launched a free legal clinic for refugees and migrants in Berlin under its You Are Not Alone in Berlin (YANA Berlin) project, thanks to a grant provided by CMS Stiftung in August. This new service marks a significant expansion of YANA Berlin’s support for African newcomers navigating the complex legal …
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60 young Africans across the Globe arrived in Beijing, China to attend the 9th edition of the annual ‘China Africa Youth Festival. The China-Africa Youth Festival is launched to implement important consensuses reached between Chinese Presidents Xi Jinping and leaders of African countries at the 2015 Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), the aim is to promote …
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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.