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 public broadcaster Deutsche Welle said on Sunday it had sent an official note of protest to Nigerian authorities, accusing police of beating up and detaining one of its correspondents. https://www.thelocal.de/20170626/german-broadcaster-accuses-nigerian-police-of-beating-up-its-correspondent Mon, 26 Jun 2017 13:25:05 +0200 german-broadcaster-accuses-nigerian-police-of-beating-up-its-correspondent Two German archaeologists who were kidnapped while working at a dig site in northern Nigeria this week have been released and are doing well, officials in both countries said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170227/two-german-archaeologists-freed-after-nigeria-kidnap Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:56:55 +0100 two-german-archaeologists-freed-after-nigeria-kidnap Two German archaeologists have been kidnapped in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria, police said on Thursday, stoking fears of more abductions in a region hit by rising violence. https://www.thelocal.de/20170224/gunmen-kidnap-two-germans-in-northern-nigeria-police Fri, 24 Feb 2017 10:18:35 +0100 gunmen-kidnap-two-germans-in-northern-nigeria-police 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 Cameroon said on Wednesday its forces have freed a German hostage kidnapped six months ago in Nigeria by Boko Haram, as African leaders appealed to the United Nations for support in fighting the Islamist militants. https://www.thelocal.de/20150121/german-boko-haram-hostage-freed-in-cameroon Wed, 21 Jan 2015 18:48:27 +0100 german-boko-haram-hostage-freed-in-cameroon Two German men have been killed in Nigeria, the foreign ministry in Berlin said Wednesday, as media reported they were engineers shot dead while on a motorcycle trip. https://www.thelocal.de/20150101/two-germans-killed-in-nigeria-foreign-ministry Thu, 01 Jan 2015 08:55:26 +0100 two-germans-killed-in-nigeria-foreign-ministry Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau claimed in a new video obtained by AFP on Friday to be holding a German national, who was kidnapped in northern Nigerian earlier this year. https://www.thelocal.de/20141101/boko-haram-claim-to-be-holding-german-hostage Sat, 01 Nov 2014 11:01:00 +0100 boko-haram-claim-to-be-holding-german-hostage UPDATE: A German national who was kidnapped by gunmen last Friday in southwest Nigeria has been released, police said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141030/kidnapped-german-freed-in-nigeria Thu, 30 Oct 2014 13:56:00 +0100 kidnapped-german-freed-in-nigeria Gunmen killed one German national and abducted another after opening fire on two vehicles in southwest Nigeria, police said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141027/one-german-killed-one-abducted-in-nigeria Mon, 27 Oct 2014 16:00:00 +0100 one-german-killed-one-abducted-in-nigeria Gunmen on motorcycles kidnapped a German national on Wednesday in north-east Nigeria, police said, in the latest assault in the region repeatedly assailed by Boko Haram. https://www.thelocal.de/20140717/gunmen-kidnap-german-in-north-nigeria-boko-haram Thu, 17 Jul 2014 10:15:00 +0200 gunmen-kidnap-german-in-north-nigeria-boko-haram Al-Qaeda's north African branch has blamed the German government for the recent death of a hostage in a botched rescue raid in Nigeria, and warned Berlin to improve its treatment of Muslims. https://www.thelocal.de/20120612/43095 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:49:00 +0200 43095 A German aid worker is thought to be among the fatalities in Sunday’s plane crash in Nigeria when a twin-engine aircraft came down in the city of Lagos. https://www.thelocal.de/20120605/42949 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:14:00 +0200 42949 A German engineer kidnapped in Nigeria in January and purportedly held by al-Qaeda's north African branch was killed by his captors on Thursday during a military raid to save him, security sources said. https://www.thelocal.de/20120531/42879 Thu, 31 May 2012 17:30:00 +0200 42879 Nigerian authorities are holding five men, including a Mauritanian, believed linked to al Qaida's north African branch over the January kidnapping of a German, two security sources said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120327/41597 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:51:00 +0200 41597 Gunmen on Thursday abducted a German engineer working with a construction company on the outskirts of the violence-hit Nigerian city of Kano, police said. https://www.thelocal.de/20120127/40379 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:56:00 +0100 40379 German Chancellor Angela Merkel met the president of oil-and-gas rich Nigeria on Thursday after her earlier visit to Angola sparked controversy over an offer to sell the African country patrol boats. https://www.thelocal.de/20110714/36293 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:17:00 +0200 36293 Two Germans kidnapped in Nigeria nearly a week ago have been freed, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle announced on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100425/26765 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:03:00 +0200 26765 Nigerian security agents are still searching for two Germans kidnapped at the weekend in the southeastern state of Abia, a police spokesman said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100422/26723 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:14:00 +0200 26723 Germany’s government said Monday it believed two of its citizens were abducted in Nigeria and said that diplomats were working to secure their release. https://www.thelocal.de/20100419/26627 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:28:00 +0200 26627 Nigeria's most prominent armed group in the restive Niger Delta, MEND, said late on Thursday it had rescued and will soon release two German construction workers seized last month by unknown gunmen. 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