June 29, 2011

• Africa: Women's World Cup in Germany Smashing Records

  The FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany, which kicked off Sunday night, is already attracting unprecedented levels of support from all over the world and reinforcing Munich 2018's... Read more »

• Africa: Former German President Köhler Innaugurates 'Karl Square' in Addis Ababa [press release]

  Former German President, Horst Köhler, visited Ethiopia on his two-week tour of four African countries, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Ethiopia. Read more »

June 27, 2011

• Sudan: Backing the Peaceful Split [press release]

  Soon the Sudan - the biggest country in Africa - will split into two independent states. On a visit to the country, Foreign Minister Westerwelle has announced Germany's continuing... Read more »

June 24, 2011

• South Africa: Goethe-Institut South Africa to Broadcast Women's World Cup [press release]

  The 2011 Women's Football World Cup will kick-off in Germany on June 26. In front of a sold out crowd in the Berlin Olympic Stadium, the German team will start their campaign to... Read more »

June 23, 2011

• Africa: Germany to Be the Driving Force for Sustainability [press release]

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel opened the second round of the 'Civil Dialogue on Sustainability', in which the German Government put its draft progress report on the National... Read more »

June 22, 2011

• Africa: World Cup - Opening Match Tickets Sold Out

  Who could wish for a better start to the first Women's Football World Cup in Germany? The opening match between the German hosts and Canada will be kicking off on the evening of... Read more »

• Sudan: German And Sudanese Foreign Ministers Speak On Telephone [press release]

  Plans for a visit to the Sudan by German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle had to be postponed on June 15, because of the ash cloud over Sudan. Read more »

June 20, 2011

• Africa: Germans Unveil New Africa Strategy [press release]

  Introducing the German Government's Strategy for Africa, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said it coincided with a "time of dramatic change and upheaval taking place right... Read more »

June 15, 2011

• Namibia: Close And Successful Ties With Germany Through Football [press release]

  Germany and Namibia have built a successful partnership for the improvement of football in the southern African nation. As the Women's football World Cup in Germany approaches, the... Read more »

June 10, 2011

• Africa: Africa's Leading Documentary Film Festival Begins in Cape Town [press release]

  The 13th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival returns to Cape Town and Johannesburg from June 9-26, 2011. Germany's Goethe-Institut once again supports the... Read more »

• Africa: Conference Held On German-South African Collaboration On the UN Security Council [press release]

  A two-day conference in Pretoria discussed ways and means of strengthening collaboration between the South African and German governments during their 2011- 2012 tenure at the... Read more »

June 6, 2011

• South Africa: Denis Goldberg Honoured With German Order of Merit [press release]

  German President Christian Wulff has bestowed on Denis Goldberg the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Read more »

• Zimbabwe: German Ambassador Hopeful of Zimbabwe's Future, Warns Against Military Meddling [press release]

  Outgoing German Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Dr. Albrecht Conze, said Zimbabwe's economy was bound to recover if politicians refrained from meddling with business. He warned... Read more »

June 2, 2011

• Africa: Producing Medicines in Plants Which May Help Treat Malaria And HIV [press release]

  The human body is a series of ongoing biochemical reactions. In the case of illness or disease, medications are prescribed to alter this chemistry in some way, manufactured from... Read more »

• Namibia: Germany Provides 200,000 Euro to Namibia for Flood Relief [press release]

  Germany is providing up to 200,000 Euro to Namibia for the current flood relief efforts. The German Foreign Office, for the second time since 2009, has assigned the task of... Read more »

• Africa: G8 Summit in Deauville [press release]

  Developments in North Africa and the Middle East, climate, the world economic situation and nuclear safety: these are the main issues that were addressed at the G8 summit in... Read more »

May 30, 2011

• Africa: German Development Cooperation Prizes Awarded [press release]

  German Development Minister Dirk Niebel presented for the first time the Walter Scheel Prize for commitment to development cooperation work. He did so in a ceremony for four... Read more »

• Namibia: German Development Assistance to Reach 127 Million Euro [press release]

  Germany will provide a total of 127 million Euro of Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Namibia over the two-year period 2011-12. Read more »

• South Africa: German Firm Rallies for Rural Education [press release]

  Rural schools in South Africa's poorest province, the Eastern Cape, will once again benefit from the Rally to Read project in 2011. Host, Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA), joins... Read more »

May 29, 2011

• Africa: Africa Festival 2011 Highlights Cultural Fushion From the Caribbean [press release]

  The African diaspora fuelled the creation of many dynamic cultural forms. The convergence of African and Caribbean music has reshaped the world's audio landscape and will be the... Read more »

May 25, 2011

• Ethiopia: Ancient Settlement Discovered in the Highlands [press release]

  An ancient settlement has been discovered in the Ethiopian highlands with the help of a special instrument used in geophysical surveys. The find will help tell the story of ancient... Read more »

• Africa: German Foreign Minister Westerwelle On Need to Prevent Violence Escalating in the Sudan [press release]

  Speaking on the margins of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on May 23 in Brussels, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle commented as follows on the situation in the... Read more »

• Southern Africa: German MPs Held Political Talks in Zimbabwe [press release]

  A delegation of German parliamentarians visiting Zimbabwe following a decade-long suspension of parliamentary ties expressed concern at violence in parts of the country. They... Read more »

May 23, 2011

• Africa: Germany Contributes Towards Fighting Neglected and Poverty-Related Diseases [press release]

  Diseases that mainly affect the world's poorest are often neglected by research in industrialised nations, as they are not particularly relevant to highly developed countries. On... Read more »

• Namibia: Germany to Support Local Civil Engineering [press release]

  Namibian DG of the National Planning Commission, Tom Alweendo and German Ambassador to Namibia, H.E. Egon Kochanke, signed two agreements on Financial and Technical Cooperation... Read more »