Press Release: Brazilian journalist Raphael Gomide is new winner of the Lorenzo Natali Grand Prize 2008

Following a recommendation from the jury of the 2008 Natali Prize, the European Commission withdrew the Natali Grand Prize and the Africa Prize from last year's winner Mr. Larrisse Houssou from Benin. The decision followed a complaint over plagiarism from another journalist which has been upheld by the jury after an independent enquiry into the incident. The 2008 runner-up, the Brazilian journalist Raphael Gomide, has been appointed the new winner of the Grand Prize on the recommendation of the jury.