Up and coming 10-year-old Lincoln Community School pupil, Daniel List, defied his young age to swing past the elderly competitors, to stand tall with 64 net in the Nigeria Independence Day Golf tournament, at the Achimota Golf Club last Saturday.

List wins Nigerian Independence Day Golf (Ghanaweb.com)

Accra, Oct. 5, GNA - Daniel List returned a net score of 54 to win this year's Nigeria Independence Day Open Golf Championship which teed off at the Achimota Golf Course in Accra on Saturday.

Palau official leads Independence Day fete on Saipan (Saipan Tribune)

Palau's Minister of State Temmy Shmull spent time enumerating some of the major economic gains of his country at the celebration yesterday of the 14th anniversary of Palau Independence Day at the American Memorial Park.

MP goes after Independence on makeup day (The Charlotte Observer)

Twelve Charlotte-Mecklenburg high school football teams today will play makeup games that were rained out Sept. 29. Kickoff will be at 7 p.m. The matchups: Myers Park (3-2, 1-0) at Independence (4-0, 1-0) It's Myers Park's turn to try to hold Independence to 40 points or less in this Southwestern 4A game, which no other team has done this season. Independence, N.C.'s top-ranked 4A ...

Botswana: Khama Shuns Independence Celebrations (AllAfrica.com)

Contrary to tradition, President Ian Khama, who came to power in April ,did not mark this year's Independence Day on September 30 with pomp and pageantry.