Which African country, a former Belgian colony, joined the Commonwealth in 2009?
Commonwealth of Nations membership criteria the membership of the organisation to include countries without linkages to the Commonwealth, but Eduardo del Buey stated that it would still take some time until the criteria are reformed. Outstanding applications as of the 2007 meeting included former Belgian colony Rwanda (application submitted in 2003 and approved in 2009), the former French colonies of Algeria and Madagascar, and the former British colony of Yemen and condominium of Sudan. The revised requirements stated that: Rwanda became the 54th nation to join the Commonwealth at the 2009 CHOGM. It became the second country (after Mozambique) not to have any historical ties
2009–10 in Belgian football 2009–10 in Belgian football The 2009–10 football season in Belgium, which is the 107th season of competitive football in the country and runs from August 2009 until July 2010. Team promoted to 2009–10 Belgian First Division Teams relegated from Belgian First Division 2008–09 Teams promoted to 2009–10 Belgian Second Division Teams relegated from 2008–09 Belgian Second Division Teams promoted to 2009–10 Belgian Third Division Teams relegated from 2008–09 Belgian Third Division With the shrinking of the Belgian First Division from 18 to 16 teams, only few players of relegated teams were able to stay in first division, with Sulejman Smajić