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THE EUROPEAN Union’s Brexit negotiators are panicking and have essentially thrown the steering wheel “out of the car”, a think tank has declared. Think Scotland said the European Union was becoming increasingly confused and divided in the face of UK negotiators – whose energy was described as a “welcome surprise”. Consultant Miles Saltiel, writing for the think tank, said the ...

Mr. Joe Jackson, the Director of Dalex Finance has said it is time for well-meaning people like Kofi Annan to intervene in Kenya’s elections following the annulment of the results by that country’s Supreme Court. Kenya’s Supreme Court annulling the results Friday cited irregularities in last month’s election and ordered a new one within 60 days. The poll had raised ...

Kenyan opposition leader, Raila Odinga has called on the country’s Supreme Court to prosecute election officials after results of that country’s election was annulled by the Supreme Court. The court cited irregularities in last month’s election and ordered a new one within 60 days. The poll had raised fears of major violence similar to that following a disputed vote in ...

Fifteen supporters of Togolese opposition party, Pan African National Party (PAN) have been handed jail terms for their role in recent anti-government protests. The convicts, including PAN Secretary General, Dr. Kossi Sama, were handed sentences ranging between five and nine months by the court. One of their lawyers confirmed that they were charged principally with damaging public property even though ...

TONY Blair is betraying Britain by meeting President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, furious Tory MPs have claimed. The former Labour Prime Minister will attend the EU Commission’s Berlaymont building in Brussels at around 11.30am today for talks with the powerful eurocrat. Tory MP Charlie Elphicke said: “Juncker tried to blackmail us into paying Brussels billions.” He added: “Blair ...

Cameroon has banned people from watching a popular television station that says it represents the interests of the English-speaking population. Cable TV providers have been told they will be sanctioned if they do not stop broadcasting the South Africa-based channel, SCBC. But content can still be viewed online. There have been months of protests by Cameroon’s Anglophone population against what ...

A South African university is investigating how a student was mistakenly given a 14m rand ($1m; £770,000) loan. The error became known after an image of a receipt showing the student’s account balance was widely shared. A Walter Sisulu University (WSU) spokesperson accused the student of spending some of the money on a “lavish lifestyle”, The student, who has not ...

The US city of Houston is under a night-time curfew as it battles the impact of Hurricane Harvey The storm has dumped record rainfall, leaving large parts of the Texas city underwater, homes destroyed and more than 20 people reported dead. Houston mayor Sylvester Turner said the curfew was needed to head off looting. Harvey, now downgraded to a tropical ...

A South African minister has criticised African leaders who seek medical treatment abroad. Aaron Motsoaledi condemned “health tourism” while speaking in Zimbabwe. President Robert Mugabe, who frequently receives treatment in Singapore, had left the meeting of health ministers when Dr Motsoaledi made the comments. Mr Mugabe’s spokesman has said that the president’s doctor “is not only Zimbabwean, he is actually ...

The American Chambers of Commerce (AMCHAM) Ghana and Ghana Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Advisors(GARIA) will be holding a stakeholder meeting on how the Company and Insolvency Laws in Ghana can promote the Ease of Doing Business in Ghana on 30 August 2017. The theme for the event is “Enhancing the Ease of Doing Business: Reforming the Company and Insolvency ...