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Kate Connolly in Berlin

SHOCKING: Germany s first african born mp to stand down after racist abuse - What They Never Told You

Karamba Diaby at podium saying Deutscher Bundestag
Karamba Diaby: ‘The hatred the AfD sows every day with its misanthropic narratives is reflected in concrete psychological and physical violence.’ Photograph: Dpa Picture Alliance/Alamy

The first black African-born MP to enter the German parliament has announced he will not be standing in next year’s federal election, weeks after he revealed the hate mail, including racist slurs and death threats, he and his staff had received.

Karamba Diaby, 62, who entered the Bundestag in 2013 in a moment hailed as historic by equality campaigners, said he wanted to spend more time with his family and to make room for younger politicians.

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