The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana, Charlotte Osei, has been nominated for the 2017 Chatham House Prize. The Chatham House Prize is awarded to persons or organisations deemed to have made the most significant contribution to the … Read more →
Seventeen people have been arrested after a protest at Stansted Airport in Essex temporarily halted take-offs and landings on Tuesday. Police were called at 21:30 BST as a group entered a non-commercial runway and locked themselves in an aircraft. Those … Read more →
During one of our (Effe Sackey Barnes, Ekow Mbroh and I) usual weekend hang outs at Justice Mill (on the Union Street) in Aberdeen, Scotland, I met a white man who lived in Takoradi for 2 years (from 2011 to … Read more →
The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left the shores of Ghana on Thursday, October 13, 2016, for a 4-day private trip to Germany and the United Kingdom. He returns to Ghana on Tuesday, … Read more →
Pregnant women will be forced to hand over passports before they give birth at NHS hospitals under controversial proposals to clamp down on health tourism. A pilot scheme backed by the Home Office will see every mother-to-be told to prove their right to … Read more →
WITH its crystal clear rivers, snow-capped mountain peaks and world-beating beaches, it is little wonder Scotland attracts millions of visitors every year. But now a major study has revealed that Scotland is the best country in the UK in which … Read more →
Foreign students attending Further Education colleges are to be banned from working in Britain under a fresh crackdown on immigration ordered by Home Secretary Theresa May. When courses finish they will have to leave the country before reapplying to return … Read more →
Theresa May is set to become the UK’s next prime minister after Andrea Leadsom pulled out of the contest to become Conservative Party leader. The timing of the handover of power from David Cameron looks set to be after PM’s … Read more →
Ghana’s cedi suffered a slight loss against the pound after Britain voted to exit the EU on Thursday. While England voted overwhelmingly for BRexit, short form of British exit, Scotland and Northern Ireland backed Remain. London backed Remain but the … Read more →
The UK has voted to leave the European Union after 43 years in a historic referendum. Leave won by 52% to 48% with England and Wales voting strongly for Brexit, while London, Scotland and Northern Ireland backed staying in the … Read more →