Liberia
Economy - Development | Politics | Culture - Arts | Society
First female wins Liberia's youth leadership award
afrol News, 22 December - A 19-year-old Vivian Akoto of Liberia has become the first female to win A Star is Born, a youth competition which since 2006 has used music as an instrument for social change, national unity, and an agent to promote peace and development in the West African country. Read more
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Liberia
Politics | Human rights | Society | Culture - Arts
Young Liberians to audition for top music award
afrol News, 7 October - Young people across Liberia will get their shot at fame as national auditions get under way for a televised music contest in the West African country, the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) announced today as it helped launched the event. Read more
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World | Zambia
Economy - Development | Culture - Arts | Society
Zambian artist competing for $83,000 in Norway
afrol News, 9 September - A Zambian artist, Anawana Haloba of Livingstone, along with three other young artists - the Norwegians Ida Ekblad, Marius Engh, and Lars Laumann - have been nominated for the StatoilHydro art award 2009. The US$ 83,000 prize will be awarded in Oslo, Norway in December. Read more
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Cameroon
Politics | Society | Human rights | Culture - Arts
Cameroonian songbird jailed for rioting
afrol News, 10 October - Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) has condemned three-year prison sentence and excessive fine imposed on well-known Cameroonian singer-songwriter Lapiro de Mbanga (real name Pierre Roger Lambo Sandjo) who was arrested earlier this year for allegedly being part of anti-government demonstrations. Read more
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