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African football: the beautiful sport
May 17, 2012Victor Buhler's new documentary The Beautiful Game examines how football is changing the lives of Africans on and off the pitch.
Glasgow set for supersize Commonwealths
May 04, 2012The 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will be the biggest yet after organisers finalised the full programme for the 17-sport, 11-day event. There will be 256 medal events from July 23 to August 3, 2014, with 22 of them para-sports medal events.
Nigeria: World Leaders Chart Roadmap for Female ICT Education
May 03, 2012Nigerian information technology (IT) practitioners met to dissect why few females students were taking up science and technology courses in institutions of higher learning and only a handful were playing active roles in the sector.
Commonwealth Youth website scoops ‘Communicator of the Year Award’
May 03, 2012A website for Commonwealth youth has scooped the 2012 ‘Communicator of the Year Award’. The website, www.yourcommonwealth.org, which is aimed at under-30s, was recognised as best in category at the Nexus Commonwealth Awards.
Commonwealth and The Gambia team up to to establish an anti-corruption commission
May 02, 2012In a tête-à-tête meeting with journalists before he ended his first visit after eight years to The Gambia, Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma said the organisation has “entered a new chapter in its history of reform and renewal”.
The Commonwealth puts its weight behind Sport and Development
Apr 18, 2012Commonwealth-hosted meeting provided the backbone to creating Sport & Development strategy. It's not the first time the potential of Sport to be a driving force in reaching some of the world's most pressing social and human problems has been recognised by The Commonwealth.
