Germany's foreign minister wrapped up a two-day visit to Nigeria Wednesday as Berlin moves to deepen business opportunities across Africa amid a more isolationist United States and geo-political pressure from Russia and China.
Johann Wadephul called for "strengthening trade and investment" at a meeting with his counterpart Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu in Abuja, having spent Tuesday in the economic capital, Lagos.
Claudia Roth, a Green party member of parliament accompanying Wadephul, told AFP "in this world I think desperately, we need new partners... against the warlords in politics, against these Trumps and Putins and Xis."
Diplomatic and trade tensions have flared between the United States and Europe as US President Donald Trump has upended global trade policy and threatened the stability of the NATO military alliance.
Europe's economy is under pressure from what it calls unfair Chinese trade practices, while Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine drags into its fifth year.
