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MOGADISHU --The EU Diplomatic Compound in Mogadishu, the European Union, jointly with Germany and the Somali Government, launched a project to rehabilitate the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) sector in Somalia.…
US and its partners seek to mediate political rifts in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- US and its partners have offered to mediate a rift between Somali government and its state-members after regional leaders announced to have cut all ties with the central government last month in a likely setback to…
Germany stops road project in Somalia over corruption
MOGADISHU -Germany ranks among the most prominent development partners of Somalia.
A significant share of German support takes place in Puntland. The German Development Cooperation supports the strengthening of the health sector, of…
Many dead in Münster van attack
Van drives into crowd in German city of Münster causing deaths and injuries
Police in Münster said several people had been killed and others injured when a van smashed into a group of people in the city center. Authorities are…
The End of Little Germany
by Sophia Besch-Mareeg-LONDON – At long last, Germany is ready to swear in a new government. After five months of political wrangling, the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Christian Democratic Union – together with the CDU’s Bavarian sister…
While Germany Slept
by Helmut K. Anheier-Mareeg.com-BERLIN – Few people outside Germany are familiar with the caricature of themselves that many Germans hold in their minds. Far from the aggressive bully of twentieth-century war propaganda, the perfectionist…
Successful completion of destruction, in Germany, of the remnants of Libya’s chemical weapons…
BERLIN, Germany, January 9, 2018--Since September 2016, Germany has helped to destroy the last stockpiles of chemicals from Libya’s former chemical weapons programme.
Some 500 tonnes of dangerous dual-use chemicals were successfully…
Germany Provides Critical Humanitarian Assistance for Refugees in Tanzania and Rwanda
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, November 30, 2017-The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany has contributed EUR 2 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in order to maintain food assistance for almost half a million…
Nazi art trove goes on disalay at Swiss museum, heir to Gurlitt collection
By Stephanie Nebehay
BERN (Reuters) - Some 150 art works from a massive trove amassed by a German collector during the Nazi era went on public display for the first time on Wednesday in the Swiss capital, amid lingering questions about…
German Greens make stand on car emissions in coalition talks
By Thorsten Severin and Andreas Rinke
BERLIN, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Germany's Greens said on Wednesday that any coalition government they join would have to agree to make carmakers introduce mechanical changes to engine and exhaust systems…
France releases brother of ex-Burkina president Compaore
PARIS (Reuters) - An appeals court in Paris on Monday released the younger brother of former Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaore, a day after he was taken into custody in connection with the murder of a journalist, his lawyer said.…
Germans seek to dislodge grounded freighter amid ecological fears
BERLIN (Reuters) - Shallow waters off a North Sea island complicated efforts on Monday to dislodge a large freighter that ran aground as Germany began cleaning up after a storm that killed at least six people there and in Poland and Czech…