Germany has elected its first black MPs in a landmark development for a country where ethnic minorities have been slow to emerge into national politics.
Karamba Diaby and Charles Huber were elected for rival Left and Right political factions in Sunday's general election to Germany's parliament, the Bundestag. Both have Senegalese backgrounds but followed very different paths into politics.
Mr Diaby, 51, arrived in the former East Germany as a Communist exchange student, able only to identify two uniquely German institutions: the Bundesliga football league and BMW car company. He went on to qualify as a chemist and has lived in the eastern city of Halle since 1986. He now represents the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
"My election into the German Parliament is of historical importance," he said yesterday. Full story...
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Karamba Diaby and Charles Huber were elected for rival Left and Right political factions in Sunday's general election to Germany's parliament, the Bundestag. Both have Senegalese backgrounds but followed very different paths into politics.
Mr Diaby, 51, arrived in the former East Germany as a Communist exchange student, able only to identify two uniquely German institutions: the Bundesliga football league and BMW car company. He went on to qualify as a chemist and has lived in the eastern city of Halle since 1986. He now represents the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
"My election into the German Parliament is of historical importance," he said yesterday. Full story...
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