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As part of her highly respected Africa-Trip, Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel visits Nigeria from July 14-15. Dr. Merkel is a board member of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation. The following honourable Members of the German Bundestag belong to her delegation (alphabetical):

Hartwig Fischer, CDU/CSU

Michael Glos, CDU/CSU (former federal minister)

Ute Koczy, BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN

Christoph Strässer, SPD

Alexander Ulrich, DIE LINKE

Dr. Claudia Winterstein, FDP

The German Embassy in cooperation with the German Political Foundations in Nigeria (KAS, FES, HBS), GIZ and Goethe Institute, organizes a background discussion about Nigeria.

Topics will be:

-General political situation (Dr. habil. Klaus Pähler, KAS)

-The 2011 elections and the party system (Thomas Mättig, FES)

-Situation in the North/economic situation (Niels Breyer, GIZ)

-Women’s Rights and climate protection (Christine K., HBS)

-Education and bilateral cultural relations (Herr Schmachtel, GI)

-Moderation: Jens Wagner, German Embassy