Here you'll find the full text of the interview with Achim Steiner.
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Joachim Gauck was elected as the new head of state of the Federal Republic of Germany on March 18, 2012 in Berlin with one of the best results in the history of the country’s federal presidential elections. Gauck received 991 of the 1,228 valid votes. An overwhelming majority of the electors in the 15th Federal Assembly chose Joachim Gauck for the highest office in the land during the first round of voting.
Germany’s new President Joachim Gauck
The German Embassy would like to invite you to the 5th Lake Turkana Festival, which will take place from 18th to 20th May 2012 on the shores of the world famous Lake Turkana.
Explore with us this unique territory and be a witness of the terrific performances and demonstrations of ten different ethnic communities - an adventure of a life time!
LAKE TURKANA FESTIVAL 2012
From 8-24 March 23 students of the University of Trier and 16 Kenyan students from the Kenyatta University of Nairobi realized a study on "Civil Conflict Management of the Post-Election Violence 2007/2008 in Kenya - Lessons learnt and the way forward".
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"The German Experience on Cohesion and Integration"
The Personal Representative of the German Chancellor for Africa, Mr. Guenter Nooke, visited Kenya from 09-13 March 2012 and hold the speech "The German Experience on Cohesion and Integration" at the National Cohesion and Integration Commission on March 13.
Full text of the speech [pdf, 68,08k]
When Embassy staff flies to the Seychelles, it is not always for recreation purposes. Together with colleagues from the German Consulate in Dubai and with the German Honorary Consul in the Seychelles, Mrs. Kerstin Henri, Ambassador Margit Hellwig-Boette went to Mahé to offer the German passengers of the stranded cruise liner "Costa Allegra" help and consular assistance.
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