While Addis Ababa views the dam as essential to its national electrification program, it has been a source of tension with downstream countries Egypt and Sudan, who fear it could threaten their water ...

The ruling parties of German politics seem to have run out of ideas on how to sway voters away from the growing Alternative for Germany movement.

The radical right in Germany, Europe and the US portrays itself as the defender of the Christian West against Islam. But religion is not really at the heart of this conflict.

Germany’s self-proclaimed democracy defenders are at it again: blocking a law-abiding party from exercising its rights—all in the name of protecting democracy. The Alternative for Deutschland (AfD), a ...

Home Politics Talking Point To ban or not to ban AfD? German democracy at a crossroads Germany's domestic intelligence agency has officially designated the country's main opposition party a right ...

Germany’s far-right party hates immigration, and some of its leaders have a disturbing tendency to say things that sound Nazi-curious.

Germany's domestic spy agency BfV has paused its classification of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as an extremist organisation in what the AfD on Thursday called a partial victory for its ...

Alice Weidel may get the last laugh yet. The co-leader of Germany’s most popular party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), was visibly amused on Tuesday morning when Friedrich Merz, the head of the ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), which finished second in the most recent election, demanded fresh elections after Merz's loss, the first time in German history that a chancellor ...

The extremist classification announced on Friday allows the spy agency to step up monitoring of the AfD, for example by recruiting informants and intercepting party communications.

Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has designated AfD as a right-wing extremist organisation, citing xenophobic stances as the reason.

Elon Musk is seen on a large screen as Alice Weidel, co-leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, addresses an election campaign rally in Halle, Germany, Jan. 25, 2025 ...