Trinidad reappoints sacked Ghanaian minister
Robert Le Hunte, a former boss of HFC Bank in Ghana, has renounced his Ghanaian citizenship paving way for his reappointment as a Minister of Public Utilities in Trinidad and Tobago.
Le Hunte has since...
Kenya: Odinga wants “criminal” election officials prosecuted
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...
Trump pledges $1 million for hurricane relief
President Trump is pledging to donate $1 million toward hurricane disaster relief in Texas and Louisiana, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday.
Speaking to reporters in the White House briefing room, Sanders...
US hands out first contracts for border wall prototypes
Four companies have been chosen to build prototypes for Donald Trump's planned border wall, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said.
The four concrete prototypes will be 30ft (9m) long and up to 30ft tall,...
Houston floods: White House seeks disaster aid from Congress
The White House says it will ask the US Congress for emergency funding to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey.
President Donald Trump is expected to propose an initial $5.9bn (£4.56bn). Texas authorities say the...
UK cuts aid to Nigeria in half
Britain is to halve the amount of money it gives in humanitarian aid to Nigeria over the next few years, says the international development minister.
The aid worth £200m ($258m) over the next fours years...
Blasts at flooded Texas chemical plant
Chemicals have been released into the atmosphere from a flood-damaged plant near the storm-hit US city of Houston, local officials say.
Earlier, black smoke was seen issuing from the Arkema chemical plant at Crosby.
A police...
Cameroon bans ‘opposition’ English-language TV channel
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...
Flood-hit Houston imposes night curfew
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...
South African minister blasts African leaders’ ‘health tourism’
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...