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The last-minute cancellation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit due to Bouteflika's 'temporary indisposition' on 20 February led several sources to talk of a very serious situation...

Germany whose Chancellor Angela Merkel on 31 December said that 'Islamist terrorism' was the greatest threat to her country is like Britain trying to use Khartoum to block African migration (AC Vol 57 No 6 The power struggle after Hassan el Turabi)...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's two-day visit to Bamako and Niamey on 9-10 October which coincided with the kidnapping of a United States' aid worker in Niger might prove a reality check...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel asked Nyusi when he met her in Berlin on 19 April 'Where is the money...

The Sahel has become a priority for Berlin over the past year with Chancellor Angela Merkel despatching 650 troops to join the United Nations' peacekeeping force in Mali the Mission multidimensionnelle intégrée des Nations unies pour la stabilisation au Mali (Minusma; AC Vol 57 No 1 Tough people weak leader)...

The troops were pledged by Chancellor Angela Merkel after the 13 November terrorist attacks in Paris in part to ease the workload on the French military machine...

His invitation from German Chancellor Angela Merkel to this month's Group of Seven summit in Bavaria was another sign of Western support for Buhari...

' EU criticisedThe European Union and German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government which invited Sudan's opposition to Berlin where it hoped to persuade it to talk to NCP representatives is ambivalent about policy towards Khartoum...

The latest development plan from President Macky Sall the Plan Sénégal émergent (PSE) has won praise from leaders such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and pledges worth US$4...

' Star turnsThe European star turns were French President François Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel who stood together to announce that in Hollande's words just as France and Germany were central to driving forward European policy they could also 'drive the alliance with Africa'...