Deputy Prime Minister under fire as new details emerge about journey to east Africa, which cost more than £20,000 of taxpayers' money ...

Angela Rayner has denied claims she asked to go on a personal safari during an official trip to Africa. The Deputy Prime Minister is said to have made the request for a visit to Ethiopia last month.

Angela Rayner has denied plans to go on a safari trip while visiting Ethiopia, insisting that she was working the whole time.

But her attempt to fit in a safari to see some of Ethiopia's wildlife - which includes increasingly rare lions, plus crocodiles, baboons, hippos and hyenas, was shot down by civil servants.

A six-month expedition from the lowest point in Ethiopia to the top of the empire's highest mountain uncovers fascinating plants and animals along the way.

[David Njaaga, Standard] Kenya’s and East Africa’s most profitable company Safaricom is finally getting into Ethiopia, our northern neighbour. It’s a market most corporations have been ...