News, views and guides for Africans in Germany and Europe
News, views and guides for Africans in Germany and Europe
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Players of African descent have been chosen for the 2021 Golden Boy awards. This was announced by TuttoSport, the organisers of the awards, on Tuesday. The award was established in 2003 by the Italian newspaper Tuttosport, it is awarded by journalist across Europe to the brightest football talent in Europe across two halves of consecutive […] More
Africa’s largest producer of diamonds Botswana has discovered what might be the world’s third largest diamond. The diamond firm Debswana has announced the discovered the 1,098-carat stone that it described as the third largest of its kind in the world. The company’s acting managing director, Lynette Armstrong, presented the stone, which was found on 1 […] More
Zambia’s first president and Founding Father, Kenneth Kaunda, has died aged 97 in a hospital in Lusaka, Zambia on Monday. It is rumoured he died from COVID-19 but aides close to him said he died from pneumonia. Kaunda played a significant role in the country’s independence struggle and was a key member in what was […] More
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has agreed in principle to mint The Gambia’s currency the Dalasi. This deal should drastically reduce the amount Gambia spends on minting money abroad. The Gambia’s dalasi was adopted in 1971 and its current US dollar conversion rate is USD1 for GMD51.15. The CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Ememfiele, agreed to […] More
Local media reports that police are responding to an active shooter in the small western town of Espelkamp. Two people have been shot dead and one is in serious condition in the centre of the German town of Espelkamp. Police no longer believe that the shootings are part of a larger killing spree. It is […] More
A 46 year-old man in Hamburg was impaled by a park fence, it was assumed that he wanted to sit in front of the screen in time for kick-off. On Tuesday, shortly before the German national team’s first international match, is when the accident in the Hamburg district of Othmarschen happened. The man wanted to […] More
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has finally been confirmed dead by fellow jihadist militia members. The leader had been declared dead several times before. Abubakar Shekau was a leader feared by other radical Islamist movements who has also chosen to distance themselves from him too. In a video, the group alleged new Boko Haram boss […] More
In just a few months, the prices of tobacco products in Germany will rise. Raising the excise duty is part of the government’s strategy to distract smokers from addiction through a higher price. Here’s how much cigarette prices will rise: A few days ago, the Bundestag voted to raise the excise tax on tobacco products by an […] More
Corona: Germany will not extend the obligation to work remotely after June 30th. This comes as another step towards the country’s return to normalcy after months of the coronavirus restrictions. The law had made work places to oblige to let employees work remotely or from home during the time period when cases of corona in […] More
As the cases of the coronavirus infection dwindle in Germany, the government has slowly been loosening restrictions. The latest on debate has been on the wearing of masks and where do we still need them? The country is at a point where, if it continues with the current progress, could end up corona free! The […] More
Quinter Odee, AKA Deejay Qizz, is a 21-year-old aspiring dj from Kenya that Germany-based dj, DJ Aisher, has taken under her mentor-ship. She becomes the very first student she’s taken on. The two met online, got to chatting and discovered that they had so much in common to the point Aisher felt that she had […] More
Ghanaian footballer Kamaldeen Sulemana,19, rejected an offer from Bayer Leverkusen in January over the hope he would join Spanish team FC Barcelona. The FC Nordsjaelland attacker had an offer to join the Bundelsiga outfit in the winter transfer window but he rejected the deal. Kamaldeen Sulemana had no representatives in January and his stock was […] More