[Ip-health] Prize Fund for African Leadership

[Benjamin Krohmal]

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 From the Guardian:

"Africa=92s political leaders are being offered a $5m prize and a
stipend for life if they do not plunder the national coffers or rig
elections. Nelson Mandela, Tony Blair and Bill Clinton are backing
the initiative to be formally launched tomorrow in London by a
foundation started by a Sudanese-born telecom tycoon, Mo
Ibrahim . . .  The annual winner will be chosen by a board that
presently includes the former Irish president, Mary Robinson. He or
she will receive the $5m (=A32.6m) over 10 years and $200,000 a year
thereafter. They are also allotted $200,000 a year to be given to
good causes."


http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1931386,00.html



Benjamin Krohmal
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