KAMPALA， Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's first choice goalkeeper Denis Onyango was late on Thursday crowned the 2016 African Player of the Year (African based).
Onyango who helped Uganda qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) after 39-years of waiting was crowned during the Glo Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards ceremony that took place in Abuja， Nigeria.
Onyango had 252 votes， while his teammate at Sundowns and Zimbabwean striker Khama Billiat picked 228 votes and Zambia's Rainford Kalaba who helped TP Mazembe win the CAF Confederations Cup finished third with 206 votes.
Onyango was also picked as goalkeeper for Africa's finest eleven.
Uganda's national team， Cranes was also voted best team of 2016 for their good show and qualification for 2017 Afcon. Cranes beat the national teams of Zimbabwe and Senegal which had also been nominated.
Moses Magogo， head of Uganda's football governing body told Xinhua in an interview that the awards show that the quality of football in the country has improved.
"This is good for the country and it is a sign that we are on the right path，" Magogo said.
Algeria's Riyad Mahrez who helped Leicester City win the English Premier League last season won the CAF Africa Player of the Year Award (foreign based).
The women's Player of the Year Award was won by Asisat Oshola (Nigeria)， while Kelechi Iheanacho who has been in good form for Manchester City and Nigeria won the most promising talent award.
Another Nigerian Alex Iwobi was voted Youth Player of the Year and Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane scooped the Coach of the Year award.
Onyango's team Mamelodi Sundowns was also voted Club of the Year after they won the South African League and the 2016 CAF Champions League.
Nigeria voted the women's national team of the year and Gambia's Bakary Papa Gassama picked the Referee of the Year award.
KIGALI， Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Rwandan lawmakers Wednesday passed the law establishing Kiswahili as an official language in addition to English， French and local Kinyarwanda.
This means the language will primarily be used for administrative purposes including in some official documents.
Defending the move in parliament， Rwanda's Minister of Sports and Culture Julienne Uwacu stressed the importance of the language to Rwandans.
Rwanda joined the East African Community (EAC) in 2007， and in the statute establishing the six-member bloc， partner states are requested to make Swahili as one of their official languages.
"Swahili as an official language is both a requirement as a member country but also a chance to increase the opportunities that Rwandans can reap from economic integration，" she said.
The minister said with the passing of the law the East African Passport would soon be launched.
Following the development， the use of the language in schools will be gradually adopted， according to the minister. Enditem
COPENHAGEN， March 6 (Xinhua) -- Three Britain-based brain researchers have been awarded a Danish major prize， The Brain Prize， for explaining how learning is associated with the reward system of the brain， the organization behind the prize announced on Monday.
The prize-winners， English Peter Dayan， Irish Ray Dolan and German Wolfram Schultz， have identified how learning is linked with anticipation of reward， thus revealing the mechanisms in the brain that lead to compulsive gambling， drug addiction and alcoholism， according to a press release from the Lundbeck Foundation which established the prize in 2010 as a European prize.
Colin Blakemore， chairman of the foundation's selection committee， said the research of these three prize-winners offers far-reaching perspectives on the understanding of human behavior and how people make decisions.
"Their research has also provided a valuable key to understanding what goes wrong when people succumb to compulsive gambling， drug addiction， obsessive compulsive disorder and schizophrenia，" Blakemore said. Through animal testing， mathematical modelling and human trials， the three prize-winners have proven that the release of dopamine is not a response to the actual reward but to the difference between the reward expected and the reward people actually receive， according to the foundation.
The one-million-euro Brain Prize was awarded for the first time in 2011. This year's prize will be presented on May 4 in Copenhagen.
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The City of London in June. Photo: IC
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The move is part of domestic enterprises' expansion into the global market, experts noted on Monday.
Since September michael kors jet set wallet australia , Minsheng has acquired two offices for leading financial institutions in London in deals totaling HK$1.2 billion ($154.67 million), according to the filing of SRE Group michael kors wallets australia , a subsidiary of China Minsheng, sent to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday.
The most recent was the takeover of a six-story office building michael kors value spree australia sale , located at the center of the City of London, for 32.5 million pounds ($42.39 million) michael kors value spree sale , according to the filing.
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