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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 ...

PARIS SAINT-GERMAN star Angel Di Maria has reportedly told the Ligue 1 giants he wants to be sold to Barcelona. Barcelona have been pursuing Di Maria following Neymar’s world-record £200million move to PSG earlier this month. And Spanish outlet Don Balon claims the Argentina international is determined to join Ernesto Valverde’s side before the transfer window shuts tonight. The Argentina ...

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 ...

CONOR McGREGOR has released a statement reflecting on the good and bad that unfolded in his defeat to Floyd Mayweather. The UFC star took to the boxing ring for the first time in his career in a mega-money fight in Las Vegas on Saturday night. And while Mayweather emerged victorious with a 10th round stoppage, taking his record to 50-0, ...

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 Brazilian judge recently presided over one of the most difficult cases of her career – an 18-year-old boy who sued his absent father for emotional abandonment, seeking no financial compensation, only a favorable verdict that would allow him to move on with his life. Gabriela Jardon, a judge at Brazil’s Federal District Court, recently recounted one of the most ...

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 ...