Tag: Africa
What influence Wagner has in Africa – and how it fails there
Wagner mercenaries in Mali This picture published by the French military shows the Russian Wagner mercenaries in northern Mali. (Photo: AP) The Wagner mercenary group is not only coming under…
What influence Wagner has in Africa – and how it fails there
Wagner mercenaries in Mali This picture published by the French military shows the Russian Wagner mercenaries in northern Mali. (Photo: AP) The Wagner mercenary group is not only coming under…
Sudan is threatened with a new civil war
Clouds of smoke over Sudan’s capital Khartoum More than 100 people have already died in the attacks. (Photo: ddp/abaca press) Cape Town Within a few hours, Sudan’s capital Khartoum and…
What does the renewed violence in Sudan mean?
Khartoum Smoke rises above the Sudanese capital. (Photo: INSTAGRAM @LOSTSHMI via REUTERS) Khartoum After weeks of tension between ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, heavy…
What does the renewed violence in Sudan mean?
Khartoum Smoke rises above the Sudanese capital. (Photo: INSTAGRAM @LOSTSHMI via REUTERS) Khartoum After weeks of tension between ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, heavy…
How companies can build a successful African business
Employees of the German agricultural company Amatheon Agri in Uganda Investments abroad from Germany rarely flow to Africa. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin The African continent is still a blank spot on…
Italy wants to bring green hydrogen from Africa to Germany
Snam gas compressors on the border with Austria 1.7 megatons of hydrogen could be exported from Italy to Austria and Germany per year. Milan, Berlin The Italian pipeline operator Snam…
How the West Secures Critical Minerals
Ursula von der Leyen and Justin Trudeau During her trip to the USA and Canada, the security of raw materials is high on the agenda for the EU Commission President.…
How Macron could play into Putin’s hands
French President Emmanuel Macron Macron sees the events in Mali and the French troops’ loss of power there as a cautionary tale. (Photo: AP) Paris Emmanuel Macron chose one word…
Cooperation instead of development aid – How Europe and Africa could benefit from the energy transition
Berlin They are the ingredients of the energy transition: lithium, cobalt, manganese. Cell phones won’t work and electric cars won’t drive without these minerals. A large part of these mineral…
Disappointment: Has the turning point failed?
Good morning dear readers, It is exactly one year ago today that Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) gave a historic speech in which he outlined Germany’s response to the Russian…
Cooperation instead of development aid – How Europe and Africa could benefit from the energy transition
Berlin They are the ingredients of the energy transition: lithium, cobalt, manganese. Cell phones won’t work and electric cars won’t drive without these minerals. A large part of these mineral…
German economy wants support for investments in other locations
Berlin The German economy calls for more support for investments in alternative markets in order to reduce dependence on China. “We see that fewer investment guarantees are being granted for…
Russia sends the most modern warship – and expands its influence in South Africa
Cape Town Hardly anyone in Europe will understand the view of Russia in parts of Africa: while Vladimir Putin is the clear enemy in the West, the Russian head of…
Sharing of ‘Prince of Africa’ from Hatay Mayor
Hatay Mayor Lütfü Savaş shared a visit on Twitter and presented the person who visited him as the ‘Prince of Africa’. But this person was actually a business person who…
Roots from Africa, Dialects from the Aegean: Afro Turks
Have you ever wondered about the Arab girl in the anonymous children’s song “Arab girl looking out the window”? Or Arab sisters who are the subject of novels, TV series…
Western oil companies are turning their backs on Nigeria
Woman in the Delta Valley An important reason for the increase in poverty in Nigeria: the income from the oil business has been misused for decades to subsidize petrol and…
In Africa, it takes more than a kneel
Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) There is great potential for renewable energies in southern Africa. (Photo: dpa) Robert Habeck probably never dreamed how intensively he would deal with…
Too little impetus for companies
Berlin Federal Development Minister Svenja Schulze (SPD) is certain: “Africa is growing and changing enormously. How it develops will shape the 21st century – and thus also the future of…
Annalena Baerbock travels to Ethiopia and encounters China’s influence there
Berlin Behind Annalena Baerbock, thousands of sacks of grain are piled up in a warehouse near the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, which Welthungerhilfe is distributing to those most in need…