The European Union has added 12 countries to its money-laundering blacklist, putting their financial transactions under greater scrutiny. They include Botswana, Ghana, Mauritius and Zimbabwe. The list also includes Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Cambodia, Mongolia and Myanmar. This is however subject to approval by the European Parliament and will come into force in October … Read more
A Ghanaian man could soon get to become a legal UK citizen after the country’s Court of Appeal ruled that his proxy marriage in Ghana to his EU citizen wife is valid and can serve as the basis for a citizenship application.
Albert Awuku, 43, married his wife, a German (and by extension EU) citizen, in Ghana a few years ago, at a traditional ceremony neither were present for.
The UK government has written a letter to the European Union which triggers article 50, the portion of the the Lisbon treaty which gives every EU member nation the right to exit the Union at any time.
The letter is the beginning of a two year process of negotiations which would end with the UK exiting the continental body, in accordance with last year’s infamous Brexit vote.
British Prime Minister David Cameron announced his resignation early Friday, after the UK’s EU referendum was won by the leave camp.
Brexit won the vote with 52% to 48% for remain.
The historic referendum held in the United Kingdom Thursday to decide whether they decide to stay in the European Union or leave it, has returned a verdict for the so-called Brexit camp.
With over 30 million people voting in the election, the highest turnout since 1992, the leave camp has polled 52% of the total votes cast, in contrast to the 48% of the remain camp, with less than 3% of votes yet to be tallied.
