The Olympic Truce SSA competition – get creative

The Olympic Games are all about international friendship and bringing people together. The Olympic Truce is a commitment between all the countries to show respect to each other, and to be peaceful for seven days before and after the Games.

 
Nigeria unveils young Olympic Torchbearer

Emmanuel Dauda Luka from Kwali local government area of Abuja has been named Nigeria’s representative at the Olympic Torch Relay race in Nottingham, UK.  The 18 year old Emmanuel is amongst a group of 20 young people involved in International

 
Learners run in Green Olympics

One thousand learners took part in a pre-Olympic event held on 16 March at the Ngong Forest Conservancy. British Council Kenya held the event to raise awareness about the London 2012 Olympics that starts in July. This was a remarkable

 
2012 Festival celebrates huge range of UK culture

London 2012 launched the programme for the London 2012 Festival last week, a spectacular 12-week nationwide celebration bringing together leading artists from across the world with the very best from the UK. From Northern Ireland, to the remotest corner of

 
Connecting Classrooms kids race at Amahoro Stadium

Primary and secondary students from the Connecting Classrooms Makino cluster, Rwanda, competed at their own Kids Olympics races held on the 1st of October, 2011 – 300 days to the 2012 Olympic games. The event, held in partnership with the British

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