G20 Leaders in Hamburg
Germany Pushes Africa Onto G20 Agenda
German Chancellor Angela Merkel placed Africa's developmental needs high on the agenda of the Group of 20 Summit she hosted in Hamburg. Just how much support - or opposition - this will receive from President Trump remains unclear. This year's attendees include South African President Jacob Zuma, representing Africa's only G20 member; Guinea's President Alpha Condé, representing the African Union; Senegalese President Macky Sall, representing the New Partnership for Africa's Development; and former Ethiopian Minister Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who took office as Director-General of the World Health Organization on July 1.
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Africa: Merkel Must Fight to Keep Africa a G20 Priority
DW, 7 July 2017
Africa is high on the agenda at the G-20 summit in Germany but Angela Merkel will have a tough time keeping it there amidst all the other pressing issues. Read more »
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Africa: Data Shows G20 Still Mostly Talk, Little Action, When It Comes to Energy Poverty
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 5 July 2017
"Off-grid" clean power is getting a tiny slice of the aid pie, despite a G20 action plan to boost energy access Read more »
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Africa: Gates Praises Merkel's Role in African Development Ahead of G20 Talks
DW, 7 July 2017
Philanthropist Bill Gates has praised the German chancellor for leading African development talks ahead of the G20 in Hamburg. Gates also called the Trump administration's… Read more »
"We will only be able to find the right answers to the critical questions of our time if we work together," Angela Merkel said in a government statement on the G20.
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Africa: Merkel Must Fight to Keep Africa a Priority At the G-20 Summit
DW, 7 July 2017
Africa is high on the agenda at the G-20 summit in Germany but Angela Merkel will have a tough time keeping it there amidst all the other pressing issues, says Tanzanian political… Read more »
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Africa: Africa is High On the G20 Summit Agenda. but Will Trump Thwart Progress?
The Conversation Africa, 27 June 2017
When G20 leaders meet in Hamburg in early July they face a problem not on their formal agenda: how to work around Donald Trump. The US president disdains multilateral financial… Read more »
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Africa: Young Africans - 'We Need Respect and Equality'
DW, 3 July 2017
Ahead of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, a group of young African leaders and activists met in Johannesburg to discuss politics and the role of the youth on the continent. This is what… Read more »
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Uganda: Germany Moves to Solve Uganda's Energy Needs
EA Business, 3 July 2017
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) under the guidance of the German Association for International Cooperation (GIZ), representatives from… Read more »
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Africa: Africa's Trade Agreements With the EU 'Skewed'
East African, 25 June 2017
Germany is calling for the renegotiation of some of the European Union's trade agreements with Africa, terming them unfair. Read more »
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Reducing poverty and conflict in Africa were the main topics raised by German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday as she met with African leaders ahead of next month's Group of 20 ... Read more »
