Group Again Chooses Not to Give $5M African Leadership Award

Once again, there is no winner this year of a $5 million award for African leadership. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation announced Thursday that no former African leader had met the "very high bar'' for one of the world's richest prizes. The Ibrahim Prize has been awarded just four times in the decade since it was established. Candidates are African heads of state or government who have left office in the past three years, been democratically elected and served their...

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