By Professor Ann Fitz-Gerald Ethiopia’s ruling EPRDF coalition is facing its biggest governance crisis since its rise to power in 1991. With last week’s resignation of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn many are watching and waiting to see who from the EPRDF’s four major ethnic-based parties will be taking over as...
By Jack Granard An app is revolutionising the lives of vulnerable people in Kenya by helping them manage the burden of unexpected medical costs. Single mums and elderly people are signing up to the mobile health wallet service M-TIBA, which allows individuals to send, save and spend funds for their...
In sacking Henry Bolton and choosing Gerard Batten as their new interim leader, UKIP members have sounded the death knell for their party. Known for his extreme anti-Muslim views, UKIP founder member and London MEP Batten inherits an organisation (for the next 90 days at least) that is in debt...
By Robert Seiler As if Europe did not have enough corrupt, charismatic politicians who expertly undermine democratic norms to their own benefit behind a charming facade, Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi is currently enjoying a political renaissance that is bad news for Italians but also for the whole of the European Union – Britain included. Italians may have known better, but the rest of the EU thought it was rid of...
Perched on top of a hill, The Celtic Manor could be mistaken as a fortress rather than a world class golf resort. The former Ryder Cup venue is situated just off the M4 in Newport, South Wales, and is easily accessible form London, The Midlands and the South West of...
There's nothing more civilized than escaping London to explore a new city. With York just two hours away on the train, it's the perfect destination to escape to another world. Having never visited the northern city, I didn't really know what to expect. But when we arrived, I was in...
Windsor is a beautiful city, rich with history and grandeur. That's why if you're coming to visit, it's important to do it with style. After all it's the town that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have chosen as their wedding destination. If you're travelling from London, it's extra convenient. Only...
By Sammy Russell A number of pro-Brexit figures have criticised the transition period for leaving the UK a ‘vassal state’. Granted, the conditions of the transition period are a world away from the ‘take back control’ mantra of the Brexiteers - it leaves the UK a neutered state. But for the...
An Islamic fanatic who used Twitter and Instagram to spread "poisonous" propaganda to promote ISIS has been jailed. Shafi Mohammed Saleem, 28, used more than 20 Twitter and Instagram accounts to share his pro-Daesh messages between 2016 and 2017. Detectives from the Met arrested at him home address in East...