News, views and guides for Africans in Germany and Europe
News, views and guides for Africans in Germany and Europe
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Germany’s Minister of Education has spoken on the opening dates for school. According to the chair of the Conference of Education Ministers, Britty Ernst, all students should be able to return to school in March. “We can’t wait more weeks. The closure of schools is too high a social price, ”Ernst emphasised in an interview with RND on […] More
Reggae music legend Bunny Wailer has died. The last member of the Wailers of the music band which raised the great Bob Marley. Born Neville Livingston, the singer, 73, died in his native country of Jamaica. Wailer formed The Wailers in 1963 with the late Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. They would later catapult to fame […] More
The supreme court in England has decided that the oil company Shell can be brought before English courts by those affected because of the environmental damage the spills cause to the Nigeria Delta. This means Nigerians can now sue the Shell oil company. The court granted more than 40,000 residents of Nigeria’s Niger Delta the […] More
A Nigerian man living in Austria has been arrested after the officers found a large amount of addictive substances and cash in his house in Vienna-Donaustadt. Investigators from the Vienna State Criminal Police Office carried out a house search and arrested the suspect in Vienna-Donaustadt on Wednesday. They had previously arrested the 43-year-old Nigerian on […] More
Germany lockdown extension: Yesterday’s conference by Angela Merkel with the prime ministers of 16 federal states on the fight against the coronavirus pandemic in Germany lasted 9 hours. Lockdown has been extended to March 28. First loosening from March 8. After the conference, Angela Merkel spoke of “entering a new phase of the epidemic with reasonable hopes.” Now […] More
The latest findings of the German government and federal state authorities regarding further actions to combat the coronavirus epidemic have been criticized by the opposition and business. “This is a disaster for retail,” traders say. The opposition speaks of a “mockery of citizens”. After nearly 9 hours of talks, Chancellor Angela Merkel and the prime ministers of the federal states […] More
Police headquarters in Upper Bavaria North announced a knife fight took place at the Geltendorf train station involving two Nigerians. One was attacked and badly injured. The police failed to report the case until days later. Police reported that the two men, a 29 year-old and 34-year old, met at around 12:20 AM at the train […] More
Germany will fine companies whose foreign subsidiaries do not respect human rights, a bill passed by the government on Wednesday said, according to AFP sources. German groups with more than 1,000 employees will have the obligation of constant vigilance and will be able to be fined with 100,000 to 800,000 euros even for deviations from […] More
Germany announced that it had deported more than 10,000 asylum seekers during the year 2020. This means there has been a decrease in the number of deportees for the fourth year in a row. Germany in 2020 deported less than half of the people it deported in 2019, according to data from the Interior Ministry, […] More
Germany: Home tests for Covid-19 will be available for purchase in the stores of the dm drugstore chain from March 9. How much will they cost? “As cheap as possible,” the company said. The Federal Institute for Medicines and Medical Devices (BfArM) Germany last week issued special approvals for three instant home tests for COVID-19. From March […] More
Germany Corona summit again: Chancellor Angela Merkel and the prime ministers of the Länder are discussing possible steps to relax the coronavirus lockdown restrictions. A draft resolution has already appeared in the press. Some decisions have already been made. Restrictions will continue until March 28, at the same time there should be additional relaxation. According […] More
Update: Itoro S. (35) and Blessing DB(32) stormed the Detmold regional court on August 20th and spilled gasoline because their children were taken away from them. We wrote about it HERE. Here’s the full backstory to what happened: Itogo S. (man) is being accused of distributing gasoline in the stairwell of the agency but he […] More