A postal vote among some 450,000 German Social Democratic Party (SPD) members has begun in order to get their approval for another ‘Grand Coalition’ led by Chancellor Angela Merkel. Deadline for voting is 2 March with the result expected on 4 March. SPD’s youth and left wings are fiercely opposed to another governing coalition with Merkel. “We were against this …
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Read More » 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.
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.