German chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to Algeria was postponed on Monday after Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika suffered a bout of “acute bronchitis”. The visit was postponed because of the “temporary unavailability” of Bouteflika, according to a statement. Merkel was due to arrive in Algeria later Monday for a two-day visit, part of an effort to […]
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Former German Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has been elected on Sunday as the nation’s 12th president since World War II. The 61-year-old Steinmeier was backed in his bid for the largely ceremonial post of president by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling coalition. Voting took place in a secret ballot among the 1,260-member Federal Convention, comprising lawmakers […]
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Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm will retire at the end of the season. The 33-year-old, who captained Germany to their 2014 World Cup and retired from international football after the victory of 2014, announced his decision after Bayern’s German Cup last-16 win over Wolfsburg. It was the defender’s 501st game for the Bundesliga leaders. “I […]
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The government of Germany says more than 12,000 Nigerian asylum seekers may be deported in 2018. Ralf Sanftenberg, the country’s global head of programme, migration and development, made this known when he visited Abike Dabiri-Erewa, senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on foreign affairs and diaspora. Sanftenberg, who is the leader of delegation from […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari will begin an official visit to the Federal Republic of Germany from Thursday, 13 October to Sunday October 16.In Berlin, President Buhari, will confer with Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel on issues of shared interests between Nigeria and Germany, including further cooperation on security, the humanitarian situation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and rehabilitation […]
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