The Presidency Saturday in Beijing, China, boasted that world leaders now queue up to meet President Muhammadu Buhari, an experience which revealed something unusual about him, it said. Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity,…
Angela Merkel to visit Nigeria on Friday (Punch)
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, will on Wednesday tour three West African countries, paying visits to Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria. The German Deputy Government Spokeswoman, Ulrike Demmer, said in a statement on Friday in Berlin that Merkel would spend Wednesday through…
Merkel may sacrifice ECB post to clinch EU Commission presidency (Global.handelsblatt)
Jens Weidmann, the influential head of Germany’s central bank, may consider himself a master of the universe, but he could soon become a pawn in Angela Merkel’s game of EU chess. The German chancellor, top government sources say, has set…
Turkey must ensure independence of central bank: Merkel (Reuters)
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that Germany wants to see economic prosperity in Turkey and that Ankara should ensure the independence of its central bank. “Noone has an interest in an economic destabilization in Turkey. But everything must be…
Merkel admits her govt lost public trust over migration feud (Nation)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel conceded during her annual summer press conference on Friday that the recent government crisis over migration policy cost her coalition public trust that will have to be won back. “Yes, I believe that is the case,”…
Macron and Merkel to talk EU reform in shadow of migrant crisis (France24)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday hosts French President Emmanuel Macron for joint cabinet talks on EU reform, especially the flashpoint issue of immigration that divides the bloc and heaps domestic pressure on Merkel. A defiant Interior Minister Horst Seehofer…
Merkel on tightrope over disputed migrant policy (Guardian)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was fighting Tuesday to stamp out the first major row within her uneasy coalition, as disputes over her refugee policy returned to haunt her while she negotiates a broad EU asylum deal. The discord within her…
No plans yet for Merkel to attend FIFA world cup in Russia – German Government (Punch)
No plans have been made yet for German Chancellor Angela Merkel to attend the 2018 FIFA World Cup matches in Russia, deputy government spokesperson Martina Fietz said on Friday. “At the moment there are no plans of such a trip,…