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Article: Zambian government nods 2011 All-Africa Games
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- June 27, 2007
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Zambian government nods 2011 All-Africa Games
LUSAKA, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Zambian cabinet has given a green
light on Zambia's decision to host the 2011 All-Africa Games in
Lusaka, for which a staggering 446 billion kwacha (111.5 million U.S.
dollars) will be spent, Zambian Times reported on Wednesday.
Sports Minister Gabriel Namulambe was quoted as saying that 206
billion kwacha (51.5 million dollars) of the total budget would be
channeled towards infrastructure development while the rest would go
into meeting administrative costs of the biennial games that are
being hosted by Algeria next month.
The Zambian government will soon be setting up a local organising
committee (LOC) that will ...