African News Update – Nigeria: Volunteers Down Tools

Nigeria: Volunteers Down Tools
Some volunteers attached to the Abuja National Stadium for the ongoing FIFA U-17 World Cup yesterday sentationally downed tools and refused to work by accusing the Local Organising Committee of being insensitive to their plight. A source from the LOC confirmed this development except that he pleaded not to be quoted.

Nigeria: Niger Border Not Closed, FG Says
The federal government yesterday said Nigeria has not closed its borders with Niger Republic.

Madagascar Power Sharing Talks Resume After Brief Walkout (Voice of America)
Madagascar’s leader has returned for a fourth day of internationally mediated power-sharing talks in Addis Ababa, after storming out and threatening to derail efforts to form a national unity government.

Nigeria: We Were Outclassed, Confesses Kiwis’ Coach
New Zealand Coach, Stephen Cain confessed last night that his boys were up against world-class team who outclassed them in style of play, pace and ball possession. Speaking at a post match conference after Nigeria whitewash his team 5-0 Cain admitted that his game-plan of frustrating the Nigerian side in the first half did not work and the early goals he conceded totally demoralized his boys. “There is no way we could have match-up tonight.”

Cape Verde: UN Agency Helps Officials in Country Tackle Outbreak of Dengue Fever
Officials from the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) are at work in the Atlantic Ocean archipelago of Cape Verde to help local authorities battle the country’s first reported epidemic of dengue fever.

Nigeria: When FIFA Spoke
I wrote in this column last week why the world football governing body, FIFA, cannot publicly condemn the shortcomings at the on-going Under 17 World Cup.

Nigeria: Pa Soludo – Police Arrest Suspects
Anambra state Police Command yesterday said some people had been arrested in connection with the kidnap of Pa Simeon Soludo, the 78-year-old father of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the February 6, 2010 governorship elections in Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, who was released Wednesday night by those who abducted him from his family house about 10 days ago.

Gambia: Well Done!
It is a common saying that your best friend is the one who assists you to become what you want to be. The same goes with nations. In exercise of their right to association, the best partner is the one that aids in the other’s development process. In this regard, we commend the United States embassy for services they render to facilitate the development of this country particularly rural areas.

Into Ethiopia (The Australian)
Life among the tribes in the Omo River Basin revolves around cattle, gunplay and getting the girl, writes Stanely Stewart

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