Forgive Our Cynicism, Mr. President
“As a start, we have to do things differently to realise this goal of a Ghana beyond aid. Business as usual will not do it. It cannot happen by waving a magic wand. And it cannot be achieved...
Tag: Michelle Obama
Chance the Rapper Wins BET Humanitarian Award
Chance the Rapper has won the BET humanitarian award for raising $2m (£1.6m) for Chicago’s public school system. Former first lady Michelle Obama recorded a special message for the musician,...
Melania and Barron Trump Move Into the White House
Melania Trump and son Barron have moved into the White House - five months after her husband Donald took office. Mrs Trump and the couple's 11-year-old son had stayed behind in New York so Barron...
Melania and Barron To Move In To the White House On Donald’s Birthday
After a long and unconventional delay, Melania Trump is joining her husband at the White House with their 11-year-old son on the president's birthday, and promises it will be a celebration he will...
Trump To Make Room Soon For Melania and Son At White House
The US first couple has hardly gotten off to a conventional start. Now, after a period spent apart, it's in for a very public test: life together in the Petri dish that is Washington. President...
Melania Trump Readies Unforgettable Birthday Card For Husband
On the same day as President Donald Trump's actions were under intense and unflattering scrutiny in the US Senate, his wife Melania urged supporters to sign a birthday card for her husband that he...
Kofi Annan, Patrick Awuah Among 100 Most Reputable People
Ghana’s Kofi Annan (a former UN Secretary General) and founder of the Ashesi University, Patrick Awuah, have been named among the 100 most reputable people on earth for the year 2017. South African...
US First Lady Ignores Trump Criticism and Shuns Headscarf
Melania Trump was dressed elegantly in all-black when she and her husband landed in Saudi Arabia Saturday morning, but the first lady chose not to cover her head. When she emerged from Air Force One...
First Lady’s Saudi Style A Big Deal
What women wear can often be the focus of critique and controversy -- all the more so when the woman is an ex-model, married to the US president and disembarking in Saudi Arabia. The question of what...
‘House of Cards’ First Lady Backs Michelle Obama As President
"House of Cards" star Robin Wright -- who plays a quietly Machiavellian First Lady in the hit Netflix series -- said Thursday that Michelle Obama should be the next US president. The actress told...
The Queen Beats The Crown At the Bafta TV Awards
Ant and Dec have dedicated their Bafta TV Award to the Queen after winning a prize for their presentation of her 90th birthday celebration event. The duo won the best live event prize for fronting...
Michelle Obama Attacks Trump School Meals Policy
Michelle Obama has launched a fierce defence of the healthy eating initiatives she championed as first lady. At a public health summit in Washington, she hit back after the Trump administration...
Freed 82 Meet President Buhari
The 82 schoolgirls released by Boko Haram Islamist militants have met Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. They were escorted to the reception in the capital Abuja by armed soldiers, after a check-up...
Eighty-Two Chibok Girls Freed By Boko Haram
Islamist militants of the Boko Haram group have released 82 schoolgirls from a group of 276 they abducted in north-eastern Nigeria three years ago, the president’s office says. They were handed...
Boko Haram Releases 82 Chibok Girls
Islamist militants of the Boko Haram group have released 82 schoolgirls from a group of 276 they abducted in north-eastern Nigeria three years ago, the president’s office says. They were handed...
At Least 80 Chibok Girls Freed In Nigeria
Islamist militants of the Boko Haram group have released at least 80 schoolgirls from a group of 276 they abducted in north-eastern Nigeria three years ago, officials say. The release reportedly came...
Scores of Chibok Girls Released From Boko Haram
Scores of Nigerian schoolgirls who were among more than 200 kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 have been released, multiple sources told AFP on Saturday, with unconfirmed reports that at least 80 have...
Obama To Back Healthy Eating At Milan Food Conference
Barack Obama will be the keynote speaker at a food innovation conference this month in Milan, the latest move by the former US president to help foster healthy eating. The third edition of "Seed &...
‘I Won’t Run For Office’ For My Children
Former First Lady Michelle Obama appeared to rule out running for elected office during her first public remarks since leaving the White House. The Q&A at an architecture convention in Orlando came...
I Won’t Run For Office
Former First Lady Michelle Obama appeared to rule out running for elected office during her first public remarks since leaving the White House. The Q&A at an architecture convention in Orlando...