On 20 September 2023, a commemorative stele was inaugurated at the so-called “Afrika-Haus”, the former headquarters of the German Colonial Society – Am Karlsbad 10, 10785 Berlin.

Here you can read the speech that Dr. Uschi Eid, President of the German Africa Foundation, gave at the inauguration (in German).

On 23 August, the polls will open in Zimbabwe. In addition to the president, parliament and local representatives will also be elected. The stakes are high – the country is in an ongoing economic crisis and the political environment is also tense.

On 9 July 2022, the African Union, founded in Durban in 2002 as the successor to the Organization of African Unity to advance Africa’s social, societal and economic development in self-reliance and self-determination, celebrated its twentieth anniversary