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Peacekeepers serving in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) patrol in their armoured personnel carrier during demonstrations against Congolese President Joseph Kabila in the streets of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa, December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Militants Attack DR Congo Base, Killing UN Peacekeeper

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 9, 2017 | World

Militants attacked two military bases in northeastern Congo on Monday, killing a UN peacekeeper and injuring a dozen others, the UN mission and the army said. The attack took place in Beni where UN soldiers have been battling the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which...

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Alexander Gauland and Alice Weidel, the Alternative for Germany party’s leading politicians, in Berlin on Wednesday. Credit Gregor Fischer/Deutsche Presse-Agentur, via Associated Press

Return of the German Volk

by Roger Cohen | Oct 4, 2017 | Opinion

BERLIN— The Volk is back in its tribal sense. That was the message of Alexander Gauland, a leading politician of the extremist Alternative for Germany (or AfD) party, when he vowed on election night to “take back our country and our Volk!” Volk means people. Sure it...

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and her challenger, Germany’s Social Democratic Party SPD candidate for chancellor Martin Schulz, take part in a TV debate in Berlin, Germany, September 3, 2017. Herby Sachs/WDR/Handout via REUTERS

Merkel, Schulz Conclude Electoral Campaign, Polling Stations Open Today

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 24, 2017 | World

Berlin- German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged her supporters to keep up the momentum in the final hours before Sunday’s national election, urging a last push to try to sway undecided voters. Merkel is seeking a fourth term in office and her conservative bloc of the...

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Syrian refugees stand in line as they wait for aid packages at Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, January 20, 2016. REUTERS/ Muhammad Hamed

Jordan: Two EU Grants to Support Water, Sanitation Projects

by Mohamed Al-Daameh | Dec 26, 2016 | Middle East

Jordan – The Jordanian government signed an agreement with the French Development Agency (AFD) aimed at developing the Kingdom’s water sector and infrastructure, as part of an EU project to assist Jordan with the Syrian refugees crisis. Jordanian Minister of Planning...

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An election poster of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AFD) party is pictured in the town of Stoessen.

According to AFD Party Islam is Not Compatible with German Constitution

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 17, 2016 | World

BERLIN, April 17 – According to the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD), Islam and the German constitution are not compatible together, and accordingly AFD vowed to press for bans on minarets and burqas at its party congress in 2 weeks. The AfD...