Malawi’s Under-17 Football team has qualified for the 2009 Algeria African Youth Championship by beating their Namibian counterparts known as ’Baby Warriors’ by 7 to 1 in a match played in Blantyre.
Malawi’s Andy Simkonda scored after 5 minutes after recieving a throw in from Timothy Nyirenda in the first half which was later equalised by the visitors through their scorer Ryan Gariseb.
later Simkonda made it again after several minutes in the first and second half to make 6 goals and one goal in the secong half after 73 minutes was scored by Luka Milanzie.
Coach John Kaputa said the victory was exciting for Malawi that they have made it into the finals.
"The young boys showed the commitment that they really wanted to qualify for the Junior Tournament in Algeria in which they have done," he said.
Baby Warriors’s Coach Klause Staerk said he was not dissapointed with the loss, his team had some problems in the ground.
Sunday, 23 November 2008
Made-in-Detroit 'Out of Sight' named sexiest film
Yeah, we always knew Detroit was pretty hot. But No. 1?
The latest edition of Entertainment Weekly counts down the 50 sexiest movies ever made, and a movie filmed primarily in Detroit tops the list! The 1998 Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney vehicle "Out of Sight" was based on a novel by our very own Elmore (Dutch) Leonard and includes scenes shot in Detroit and the 'burbs.
N&F fondly remembers the especially steamy go-round J-Lo and G-Clo enjoyed at the RenCen, not that we've watched it a whole bunch of times or anything. The mag calls it "a crackerjack thriller and a cinematic aphrodisiac at the same time."
Rounding out the Top 5: "His Girl Friday," "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," "Body Heat" and the Kevin Costner-Susan Sarandon-Tim Robbins baseball classic "Bull Durham."
Madonna talks doc
"I Am Because We Are," the acclaimed documentary executive-produced by Madonna, debuts on the Sundance Channel at 9 p.m. Dec. 1. "I Am" gives a firsthand look at the harsh lives of some of the estimated 1 million children orphaned by AIDS in Malawi, Africa. Madonna shares her thoughts:
• On why she became involved: "People always ask me why I chose Malawi and I tell them I didn't: It chose me. I got a phone call from a woman named Victoria Keelen. She was born and raised in Malawi. She told me there were over 1 million children orphaned by AIDS. She said that there weren't enough orphanages and the children were everywhere.
"I asked her how I could help. She said you are a person with resources and people pay attention to what you say and do. I felt embarrassed. I told her I didn't know where Malawi was and she told me to look it up on a map and then she hung up on me."
• On the importance of raising awareness: " 'I Am Because We Are' is really (about) seeing the world as a unified whole. It's an understanding of the inner collectiveness between all of us and there is no difference between the children of Malawi, the children of Eastern Europe, the children of India or the children of Palestine. We are all children of the world and we are all responsible for one another."
The latest edition of Entertainment Weekly counts down the 50 sexiest movies ever made, and a movie filmed primarily in Detroit tops the list! The 1998 Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney vehicle "Out of Sight" was based on a novel by our very own Elmore (Dutch) Leonard and includes scenes shot in Detroit and the 'burbs.
N&F fondly remembers the especially steamy go-round J-Lo and G-Clo enjoyed at the RenCen, not that we've watched it a whole bunch of times or anything. The mag calls it "a crackerjack thriller and a cinematic aphrodisiac at the same time."
Rounding out the Top 5: "His Girl Friday," "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," "Body Heat" and the Kevin Costner-Susan Sarandon-Tim Robbins baseball classic "Bull Durham."
Madonna talks doc
"I Am Because We Are," the acclaimed documentary executive-produced by Madonna, debuts on the Sundance Channel at 9 p.m. Dec. 1. "I Am" gives a firsthand look at the harsh lives of some of the estimated 1 million children orphaned by AIDS in Malawi, Africa. Madonna shares her thoughts:
• On why she became involved: "People always ask me why I chose Malawi and I tell them I didn't: It chose me. I got a phone call from a woman named Victoria Keelen. She was born and raised in Malawi. She told me there were over 1 million children orphaned by AIDS. She said that there weren't enough orphanages and the children were everywhere.
"I asked her how I could help. She said you are a person with resources and people pay attention to what you say and do. I felt embarrassed. I told her I didn't know where Malawi was and she told me to look it up on a map and then she hung up on me."
• On the importance of raising awareness: " 'I Am Because We Are' is really (about) seeing the world as a unified whole. It's an understanding of the inner collectiveness between all of us and there is no difference between the children of Malawi, the children of Eastern Europe, the children of India or the children of Palestine. We are all children of the world and we are all responsible for one another."
Somalia: Some 75 refugees repatriated from Malawi
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCR] has said the voluntary repatriation of Rwandan refugees is going on well.
Speaking to the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation [MBC] in Lilongwe, Malawi's Assistant Field Protection Officer for UNHCR, Mr Kelvin Sentala, said so far 75 individuals had gone back to Rwanda, including Somali refugees.
Mr Sentala said currently there are about 4, 500 refugees in the country mainly from the Great Lake region, the Sudan and Somalia.
[Sentala] We as UNHCR, in conjunction with the Government of Malawi, have been promoting the voluntary repatriation of Rwandan refugees and Somalis for some number of years right now. But I can say it is only this year that we have managed to facilitate the repatriation of a substantial number. This year alone we have facilitated the repatriation of 75 individuals, 30 last year and this week 45 refugees from Rwanda.
And we have been going to the camp to talk to the refugees and telling them that anybody who wishes to go back home they are free to go back home and then we will facilitate their movement. And those that are willing they have been coming forth to register and we have been processing them in conjunction with the Malawi government...the Department of Immigration and also the Ministry of Home Affairs and there the once that we have been facilitating their movement.
When they arrive in Kigali at the airport they are received by the Government of Rwanda and UNHCR and they are assisted to go back to their respective homes. UNHCR has a programme of monitoring how they are re-integrating in their villages for a long period of time and in case of any problems those problems are dealt with by both the UNHCR and the government. So we have not heard of any problems and so far we have not seen anybody who has returned after repatriating from Malawi.
Speaking to the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation [MBC] in Lilongwe, Malawi's Assistant Field Protection Officer for UNHCR, Mr Kelvin Sentala, said so far 75 individuals had gone back to Rwanda, including Somali refugees.
Mr Sentala said currently there are about 4, 500 refugees in the country mainly from the Great Lake region, the Sudan and Somalia.
[Sentala] We as UNHCR, in conjunction with the Government of Malawi, have been promoting the voluntary repatriation of Rwandan refugees and Somalis for some number of years right now. But I can say it is only this year that we have managed to facilitate the repatriation of a substantial number. This year alone we have facilitated the repatriation of 75 individuals, 30 last year and this week 45 refugees from Rwanda.
And we have been going to the camp to talk to the refugees and telling them that anybody who wishes to go back home they are free to go back home and then we will facilitate their movement. And those that are willing they have been coming forth to register and we have been processing them in conjunction with the Malawi government...the Department of Immigration and also the Ministry of Home Affairs and there the once that we have been facilitating their movement.
When they arrive in Kigali at the airport they are received by the Government of Rwanda and UNHCR and they are assisted to go back to their respective homes. UNHCR has a programme of monitoring how they are re-integrating in their villages for a long period of time and in case of any problems those problems are dealt with by both the UNHCR and the government. So we have not heard of any problems and so far we have not seen anybody who has returned after repatriating from Malawi.
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