DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 11 | GERMANYAFRICA Berlin seeks energy and security accords in Africa 24th May 2022 Russia, gas and regional security dominate German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's trip to Senegal, Niger and South Africa Ahead of hosting the G7 in Bavaria next month, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is seeking wider support for western opposition to Russia's war on Ukraine on a trip to West and South ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 2 | NAMIBIAGERMANY Kapofi sparks outrage over genocide deal 18th January 2022 The SWAPO government's defence of Berlin's compensation offer for its troops' genocide against the Herero and Nama fuels opposition, raising questions about a new hydrogen deal Anger about the May 2021 genocide 'reconciliation' with Germany – under which Berlin is due to pay Namibia just €1.1 billion (US$1.3bn) over 30 years for its colonial ma...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 11 | NAMIBIARWANDAGERMANYFRANCE Berlin offers $1.3billion to Namibia and Paris asks for forgiveness for involvement in genocides 1st June 2021 A week of performative diplomacy over genocides raises far more questions than it answers Far from drawing a line under Germany's genocide in Namibia between 1904-1908 and France's involvement in the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, the declarations by Berlin and Paris this ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 58 No 11 | GERMANYAFRICA Germany's turn to Africa 26th May 2017 Merkel's government is putting Africa high on its agenda of actions to be taken during its G-20 presidency Few would have expected Africa to be the focus of Chancellor Angela Merkel's leadership of the Group of Twenty, whose presidency rotates annually. Nevertheless, she will host a 'Hi...
Vol 51 No 8 | KENYAGERMANY German exile 16th April 2010 News that Oku Kaunya, a former deputy Commandant in the Administration Police, has gone into exile in Germany will concentrate the minds of the investigators from the International...
Vol 49 No 14 | ZIMBABWEGERMANY Authoritarian notes 4th July 2008 Until Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel leant on them, Munich-based security printers Giesecke & Devrient GmbH had a lucrative contract to supply paper for Zimbabwe's consider...
Vol 48 No 18 | ANGOLAGERMANY No ode to joy 7th September 2007 Plans for Germany to extend an oil-backed US$1 billion credit facility to President José Eduardo dos Santos' government have hit problems.
