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African leadership prize not to be awarded

Source: The Guardian
London : United Kingdom | about 1 month ago  
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Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership will not be awarded this year Billionaire businessman says committee considered a range of candidates – but could find no winner Mo Ibrahim tells a press conference in London there will be no winner for the leadership prize this year.
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  • News Source: The independent | about 1 month ago
    The decision to withhold Africa's biggest leadership prize in only its third year has prompted discussion of the failings of two heavyweights: South Africa's Thabo Mbeki and Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo. The announcement that there would be no Mo...
  • News Source: Times Online | about 1 month ago
    Only three years after it was set up the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership — the brain child of Mo Ibrahim, the Sudanese-born mobile phone tycoon — has apparently run out of suitable candidates. The problem for the organisers is...
  • News Source: CNN | about 1 month ago
    A $5 million prize to reward good leadership in Africa was dramatically awarded Monday to ... nobody. It was the first time in the three-year history of the Mo Ibrahim Prize that the committee did not name a winner. "The Prize Committee has...
  • News Source: Voice of America | about 1 month ago
    Sudanese Businessman Mo Ibrahim has announced he will not be awarding a multi-million-dollar award for good governance in Africa this year. Ibrahim told reporters he meant no disrespect to those former leaders who were considered for the award. ...
  • News Source: Christian Science Monitor | about 1 month ago
    This year, cellphone magnate Mo Ibrahim won't be giving a $5 million prize for good governance...For the past two years, Sudanese-born cellphone magnate Mo Ibrahim has given out $5 million prizes to outstanding African presidents who had served their...
  • News Source: Sowetan | about 1 month ago
    19 October 2009 A $5 million prize for former African leaders who set examples of honest, democratic government will not be awarded this year, the prize committee said on Monday. Mo Ibrahim, a Sudanese-born telecommunications entrepreneur who set...
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  • Blog Source: www.africarelated.com
    In announcing the decision of the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership Prize Committee, the Board of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation released the following statement from the Prize Committee:
  • Blog Source: worldcape.blogspot.com
    Launched in 2006, the Mo Ibrahim foundation was designed to encourage good governance in Africa and to hand out the world's largest annually awarded prize. The Ibrahim prize for achievement in African leadership is worth $5m over 10 ...
  • Blog Source: lindaikeji.blogspot.com
    No prize for African leadership this year. Sudanese magnate Mo Ibrahim will not be awarding any African ex-leader his $5m (£3m) annual prize for good governance. Mr Ibrahim gave no reason for the decision, saying he had always intended ...
  • Blog Source: egbrave.com
    No prize for African leadership. by Onerqqerhi on October 19, 2009. Sudanese billionaire Mo Ibrahim will not be awarding any African leaders his annual $5m for good governance this year. Excerpt from: No prize for African leadership ...
  • Blog Source: waltwhitemansworld.blogspot.com
    The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership is a very good prize to win. It carries with it $5 million paid over 10 years and $200000 annually for life thereafter. This year's winner is ... may I have the envelope please . ...
  • Blog Source: afrika-now.blogspot.com
    No Prize For African Leadership. Sudanese magnate Mo Ibrahim will not be awarding any African ex-leader his $5m (£3m) annual prize for good governance. Mr Ibrahim gave no reason for the decision, saying he had always intended for there ...
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