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$5M African Leadership Prize Goes to ... Nobody

Committee passes over all three candidates, doesn't award $5M to any

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 19, 2009 2:43 PM CDT

(Newser) – Nobody has won this year's $5 million Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, the committee responsible for picking a winner announced today. That’s an enormous snub to the people eligible for the award, who include former heads of state Thabo Mbeki of South...   Read full story »

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