https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Senegal Wednesday, at the start of a West African tour, with Berlin hoping that development of the continent will help stem migration and boost the fight against jihadism. https://www.thelocal.de/20180830/merkel-arrives-in-senegal-on-africa-tour-aimed-at-stemming-illegal-migration Thu, 30 Aug 2018 11:51:32 +0200 merkel-arrives-in-senegal-on-africa-tour-aimed-at-stemming-illegal-migration Development minister Gerd Müller (CSU) has called on the EU to open its markets to African goods, in a bid to stimulate growth on the continent and tackle the migrant crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20180808/eu-must-open-markets-to-all-african-goods-says-development-minister Wed, 08 Aug 2018 12:43:29 +0200 eu-must-open-markets-to-all-african-goods-says-development-minister Berlin will be the first German city to hold an African Literature Festival from April 26th-28th, highlighting many of the problems faced by African immigrants in Germany and abroad. https://www.thelocal.de/20180424/how-germanys-first-african-book-festival-is-giving-voice-to-questions-of-migration Tue, 24 Apr 2018 12:18:17 +0200 how-germanys-first-african-book-festival-is-giving-voice-to-questions-of-migration Berlin is poised to strip the names of streets linked to atrocities committed during its occupation of Namibia and dedicate them to liberation fighters, part of a late reckoning with Germany's brutal colonial history. https://www.thelocal.de/20180412/berlin-to-change-street-names-which-honour-brutal-colonial-past Thu, 12 Apr 2018 16:57:09 +0200 berlin-to-change-street-names-which-honour-brutal-colonial-past Thirteen African and European countries and the EU agreed Friday that efforts to crack down on migrant trafficking to Europe should also focus on economic woes that prompt poor Africans to seek a better life in Europe. https://www.thelocal.de/20180317/migrants-refugees-african-eu-states-focus-anti-trafficking-efforts-at-source Sat, 17 Mar 2018 02:42:34 +0100 migrants-refugees-african-eu-states-focus-anti-trafficking-efforts-at-source G20 nations launched an unprecedented initiative Saturday at the group's summit in Germany to fight poverty in Africa, but critics called the plan half-hearted. https://www.thelocal.de/20170709/germany-launches-g20-plan-to-fight-poverty-in-africa Sun, 09 Jul 2017 11:55:15 +0200 germany-launches-g20-plan-to-fight-poverty-in-africa German Chancellor Angela Merkel will on Monday meet African leaders in Berlin on initiatives aiming to reduce the poverty and conflict driving a mass migrant influx to Europe. https://www.thelocal.de/20170612/merkels-g20-africa-meet-aims-to-reduce-poverty-migrant-influx Mon, 12 Jun 2017 11:05:51 +0200 merkels-g20-africa-meet-aims-to-reduce-poverty-migrant-influx More than 1,000 skulls and bones belonging to east Africans and brought to Germany for racial "scientific" research during the colonial era are still in storage in Berlin, a media report said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20161122/1000-east-african-skulls-bones-still-held-in-berlin-report Tue, 22 Nov 2016 16:50:53 +0100 1000-east-african-skulls-bones-still-held-in-berlin-report German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday wrapped up a week of Africa diplomacy aimed at slowing the flow of migrants to Europe from a continent battered by conflict and poverty. https://www.thelocal.de/20161015/the-well-being-of-africa-is-in-germanys-interest Sat, 15 Oct 2016 10:43:18 +0200 the-well-being-of-africa-is-in-germanys-interest German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday warned against Africa suffering from a "brain drain" as she arrived on a three-day tour of the continent focused on security and stemming the influx of asylum seekers to Europe. https://www.thelocal.de/20161010/merkel-warns-of-brain-drain-in-africa-amid-refugee-influx Mon, 10 Oct 2016 11:32:15 +0200 merkel-warns-of-brain-drain-in-africa-amid-refugee-influx German Chancellor Angela Merkel embarks Sunday on a visit to three African countries before hosting leaders from Chad and Nigeria for talks in Berlin, as she seeks ways to stem a migrant influx to Europe. https://www.thelocal.de/20161007/merkel-heads-to-africa-with-eye-on-stemming-migrant-flow Fri, 07 Oct 2016 18:05:10 +0200 merkel-heads-to-africa-with-eye-on-stemming-migrant-flow If Germany can’t deport a refugee back to the country they claim to be from, it gives financial incentives to other countries to take them in, a refugee organization claims. https://www.thelocal.de/20160129/germany-pays-african-countries-to-take-asylum-rejects Fri, 29 Jan 2016 18:55:41 +0100 germany-pays-african-countries-to-take-asylum-rejects When a German vet came across a desperate chimpanzee alone in a deserted African zoo she knew she had to do something to help. https://www.thelocal.de/20151222/german-vet-fights-for-chimpanzee-alone-in-empty-zoo Tue, 22 Dec 2015 12:53:17 +0100 german-vet-fights-for-chimpanzee-alone-in-empty-zoo Two Germans were freed from a hostage-taking at a luxury hotel in Malian capital Bamako on Friday, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said. https://www.thelocal.de/20151120/two-germans-caught-in-mali-hostage-drama Fri, 20 Nov 2015 17:45:36 +0100 two-germans-caught-in-mali-hostage-drama The German army spent €39 million on a five-month mission in west Africa to help fight the Ebola epidemic. The number of victims it actually treated? Zero. https://www.thelocal.de/20151111/armys-40-million-ebola-mission-treats-none Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:23:18 +0100 armys-40-million-ebola-mission-treats-none A German hunter has reignited Zimbabwe's hunting debate after shooting dead one of the largest elephants ever seen in the country – but the company behind the hunt wants to remain anonymous. https://www.thelocal.de/20151016/german-hunters-jumbo-kill-causes-public-anger Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:31:53 +0200 german-hunters-jumbo-kill-causes-public-anger A German court on Monday sentenced two Rwandan rebel leaders to long jail terms for masterminding massacres in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo from their homes in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20150928/court-jails-rwanda-rebel-leaders-over-war-crimes Mon, 28 Sep 2015 13:05:52 +0200 court-jails-rwanda-rebel-leaders-over-war-crimes Between 1904 and 1907 German colonial rulers in Namibia attempted to exterminate a whole section of the native population, in another horrific chapter of history campaigners are calling on the country to face up to. https://www.thelocal.de/20150428/renewed-calls-to-recognize-namibian-genocide Tue, 28 Apr 2015 17:05:57 +0200 renewed-calls-to-recognize-namibian-genocide Foreign Ministers Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Paolo Gentiloni called on Friday for increased aid to countries many people are fleeing as refugees. https://www.thelocal.de/20141128/help-refugee-origin-countries-say-germany-and-italy-africa-migrants-education-health Fri, 28 Nov 2014 10:06:00 +0100 help-refugee-origin-countries-say-germany-and-italy-africa-migrants-education-health Germany could take up to 50 Ebola patients for treatment, the health ministry said on Tuesday, although there are no plans currently to admit more infected patients from West Africa. https://www.thelocal.de/20141013/germany-has-50-beds-ready-for-ebola-cases-liberia Mon, 13 Oct 2014 16:45:00 +0200 germany-has-50-beds-ready-for-ebola-cases-liberia