German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has a new namesake: a refugee\u2019s baby from Ghana.<\/p>\n
The baby Angela Merkel Ade was born on 2 February and lives with her mother and 730 other asylum seekers in a former hospital that was turned into a refugee shelter in Hanover, the German news agency DPA reported.<\/p>\n
Angela\u2019s 26-year-old mother, Ophelya Ade, was quoted as saying that she chose her daughter\u2019s name because the German chancellor \u201cis a very good woman, I like her\u201d.<\/p>\n
Rules for name-giving in Germany are very strict, and last names cannot usually be used as first or middle names.<\/p>\n
City spokesman Alexis Demos couldn\u2019t immediately tell the Associated Press why Angela Merkel was accepted as a first name.<\/p>\n
Last month Merkel, the chancellor, had an emotional encounter with a Palestinian teenager which left her momentarily speechless and went viral.<\/p>\n
Merkel was unable to adequately explain to the girl, Reem, why she faced the threat of deportation, but rubbed her shoulder as she sobbed.<\/p>\n
German officials subsequently said the girl would be allowed to stay in the country.<\/p>\n
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Source: The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has a new namesake: a refugee\u2019s baby from Ghana. The baby Angela Merkel Ade was born on 2 February and lives with her mother and 730 other asylum seekers in a former hospital that was turned into a refugee shelter in Hanover, the German news agency DPA reported. Angela\u2019s 26-year-old mother, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":143455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[36,38],"yoast_head":"\n