Senegalese-born German MP Karamba Diaby puts up a campaign poster in Halle. PHOTO: JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFPHe has been beaten up, received death threats and hundreds of insulting emails, but Karamba Diaby is not one to give up. After winning a seat four years ago as the first African-born black MP in Germany, Diaby, 55, is now seeking re election. Born in Senegal, he won a scholarship to study in then communist East Germany thanks to his membership in a left-leaning student organisation. Not only did he beat the odds to become the first African-born MP in Germany, he won his seat in Halle, an eastern city known for its nationalist and hard-right leanings.

Source: The Local September 17, 2017 13:07 UTC