The President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr Frank-Walter Steinmeier, is expected to pay a state visit to Ghana from 11th to 13th December, 2017. President Steinmeier is to be accompanied by...
G20 nations launched an unprecedented initiative Saturday at the group's summit in Germany to fight poverty in Africa, but critics called the plan half-hearted. Under German Chancellor Angela...
A clear majority of German MPs have voted to legalise same-sex marriage, days after Chancellor Angela Merkel dropped her opposition to a vote. The reform grants couples now limited to civil unions...
A clear majority of German MPs have voted to legalise same-sex marriage, days after Chancellor Angela Merkel dropped her opposition to a vote. The reform grants couples now limited to civil unions...
German MPs are expected to vote to legalise same-sex marriage, days after Chancellor Angela Merkel dropped her opposition to the idea. The reform would give gay men and lesbians full marital rights,...
Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl died at his home in Germany’s Ludwigshafen on Friday at the age of 87, according to German local media Focus Online. Kohl served as German chancellor between...
US President Donald Trump called Germany's trade and spending policies "very bad" - intensifying a row between the longtime allies and immediately earning himself the moniker "destroyer of Western...
The transatlantic diplomatic rift widened on Tuesday as US President Donald Trump responded to criticism from Chancellor Angela Merkel with a new attack on German trade tactics and defense spending....
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel for joint cabinet talks in Berlin Tuesday as the Asian population giant and Europe's top economy seek to deepen ties. Merkel...
Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats party (CDU) has unseated rivals Social Democrats (SPD) in a key election, exit polls say. The CDU is projected to win 34.5% of votes in North Rhine-Westphalia, the...
Voters in Germany's most populous state are going to the polls in an election seen as a crucial test for Chancellor Angela Merkel. Polls show Mrs Merkel's centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) could...
German police have arrested a second soldier over a far-right plot to assassinate politicians and blame it on migrants. The suspect, identified only as Maximilian T., 27, was stationed at the same...
Germany's right-wing, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has picked a new team to lead it into September's general election. AfD co-founder Alexander Gauland, 76, and 38-year-old...
The populist, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) has rejected a bid by its co-leader to move the party closer to the mainstream. Frauke Petry had wanted the AfD to seek coalition with other...
Long overshadowed by the more numerous and vocal Turkish "guest worker" community, Mozambicans who arrived in Germany decades ago still struggle to assert their rights in their adopted homeland....
Preliminary official results show Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU ahead with a clear lead over the Social Democrats. The vote has been seen as a test of the mood in the country ahead of federal...
Exit polls suggest German Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right party has won state elections in Saarland, ahead of September's national vote. Her Christian Democrats (CDU) are on course to take...
Germany has been keen to improve conditions in Africa G20 foreign ministers will discuss ways to fight poverty in Africa, strengthen governmental institutions and better utilise the potential of many...
Ghana’s president, Nana Akufo-Addo has congratulated Frank-Walter Steinmeier on his election as the President of the Federal Republic of Germany. He wished him luck through the course of his tenure...
Former German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has been elected president by a parliamentary assembly. The Social Democrat, 61, is one of Germany's most popular politicians. The post is...
