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Ambassador of Mauritius to Germany, Prof Kheswar Jankee, has identified factors inhibiting Africa’s development and preventing the continent from realising its huge potential. Speaking at the 2019 Global Partnership for Africa’s Development (G-PAD) Forum, which took place on 22-23 November in the German city of Tubingen, the diplomat and scholar said it’s frustrating talking about African development challenges despite its …

The 2019 Global Partnership for Africa’s Development (G-PAD) Forum took place on 22-23 November in the German city of Tubingen.

The shortlist was preceded by a call for nomination and the eventual winners would be decided via a voting process.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted African leaders to a meeting in Berlin on Tuesday. The summit, the third within the framework of the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) initiative, seeks to promote increased private sector investment in Africa. At a meeting at the federal chancellery attended by representatives of the 12 partner countries of the CwA and South Africa, being …

Zimbabwean journalist and writer Tinashe L. Chimedza writes rejoinder to President Mnangagwa’s open letter to the international community published on Monday (19 November) calling for the removal of Western sanctions on his country. Chimedza blames his country’s ruling elite of being largely responsible for the sorry state of affairs, two years after the exit of then President Robert Mugabe. Two …

Most of the large fishing vessels that operate in West Africa are from distant water fishing nations - such as countries in the European Union (EU) and China and Russia. To get permission to fish in West African waters they form agreements in exchange for a fee that is payable to the government.

It is two years this week since President Robert Gabriel Mugabe stepped down as leader of Zimbabwe with the hope that things will get better for the southern African nation. Quite to the contrary, Zimbabweans have seen their fortunes worsened. Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe, has now gone on the publicity offensive by writing an open letter to the international …

Last year, Nigeria was one of the main countries of origin of asylum-seekers in Germany. Against this background, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung invited German and Nigerian officials to a technical roundtable discussion in Berlin on Thursday. Among others, the experts discussed how to make rejected Nigerian asylum-seekers leave Germany voluntarily and explore possible solutions to irregular migration from their country. Femi Awoniyi, …

According to the investigations conducted by the French judicial police, 24 persons were involved in this criminal network.

The 2-day event, featuring keynote speeches, plenary sessions, debates, case studies’ presentations, among others, will deliberate on strategies for mutually beneficial cooperation between Africa and its global partners towards reducing aid dependency in the continent.

The national association of German journalists with a migration background has criticised the two major public broadcasting services in Germany for promoting prejudice against people of foreign origin in the country.

How long it takes from the time you apply to the presentation of the certificate of naturalisation varies from case to case, but, on average, it takes several months. In some cases, it could even take years. A new online procedure should make naturalization more citizen-friendly, easier and faster. Two states, North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria, are currently jointly developing an …

The 2019 top performers on visa openness rank among the top countries for foreign direct investment in Africa, and benefit from strong levels of growth, including in tourism.

The retired professor of virology, who died after being admitted to the University College Hospital Ibadan, was an elder statesman who was courted by the media for his views on issues of national significance.

An exhibition commemorating the life of South African freedom hero and global moral icon is currently showing in Berlin, Germany.

The Presidency said media reports of a soured relationship are originating from the minds and mouths of mischief makers, who are desperate for entertaining stories from the Aso Rock Villa with which to titillate the public.

Turkish students receive worse marks for the same performance, women with headscarves are less likely to receive invitations to a job interview, Naika Foroutan, a sociologist, criticizes the systematic discrimination against migrants. In Germany, according to the German-Iranian migration researcher Naika Foroutan, Muslims are the most disadvantaged. Even if many feel that they are tolerant and open, the reality looks …

Also on the list of accused is Jessica Edosomwan, Europe's most wanted woman. She’s accused of recruiting women in Nigeria for the sex trade in Lyon, Nimes and Montpellier.

The Kaduna Division of the Court of Appeal has nullified the election of the spokesman of the Senate, Senator Dayo Adeyeye.   The Appellate Court subsequently upheld the tribunal judgment which declared Biodun Olujimi, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, as winner of the Ekiti South Senatorial election held on February 23.   The Independent National Electoral Commission had …

A big and bold investment initiative will be launched at the annual general meeting of the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Europe (NIDOE), taking place in Dublin on 7-9 November.