Algeria’s ES Setif new player Mohamed Amin Aoudia has thanked Egyptian and Zamalek fans and footballers. “I really hoped to continue with Zamalek especially as I didn’t appear in form because of my successive injuries,” the former Zamalek forward was quoted as saying in the Algerian newspaper El-Khabar. The 24-year old striker has been released from [...]
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(AFP) – 23 hours ago ALGIERS — Relatives of 17 Algerian sailors held by pirates since January demonstrated Wednesday to demand their release, saying they feared the men would not survive Somalia’s famine and the Ramadan fast. The sailors are among 27 crew of an Algerian-flagged bulk carrier seized on January 1 off the coast [...]
2011-08-01 11:43 Algiers – Two Algerian soldiers have been killed and at least eight others injured in a bomb attack on their convoy, press reports said on Monday. The attack with a remote-controlled improvised explosive device happened on Sunday in Tihammamet, 370km southwest of Algiers. The francophone daily El Watan said two troops were killed [...]
RABAT: Morocco’s King Mohammed VI may be pressing hard for better relations with neighboring Algeria, but the unresolved Western Sahara question stands in the way of any real progress, analysts say. Morocco closed the border following a 1994 Islamist militant attack in Marrakesh, which it blamed on Algeria’s secret service. The border region remains tense: [...]
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Nigeria club, Sunshine Stars have raced three points clear at the top of Group B in the 2011 Orange Caf Confederations’ Cup. Sunshine won 2-1 against Algerian club, Jeunesse Sportive Kabylie (JSK) in their second group game of the competition on Friday in Algiers. The home side dominated the opening exchanges and eventually saw the [...]
By Mohand Ouali Algerian presidential advisor Kamel Rezag-Bara and the UK’s counter-terrorism chief for North Africa and the Sahel just concluded two days of discussions on bolstering regional stability. The talks with Major General Robin Searby, which ended on Tuesday (July 26th), offered an opportunity to “evaluate security in the region”, especially the growing terror [...]
Syrian opposition figures in Algeria spoke out against any foreign intervention as the bloody crackdown on anti-government protests continued. ‘We refuse all foreign intervention, we refuse to carry weapons,’ said Adnane el-Bouch, a Syrian lawyer living in Algeria, during a meeting of a Syrian support committee at Amnesty International premises. ‘It’s a peaceful revolution… our [...]
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Health: Global Fund against HIV-AIDS resumes activities in Mauritania
Global Fund against HIV-AIDS – The Global Fund for the Fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will resume activities in Mauritania after ‘a successful negotiation between the government and its partners,’ according to a statement from the Mauritanian ministry of Health. The resumption of funding will enable the country receive substantial resources estimated at about [...]
Mauritanian Football Federation elects new president
2011-08-01 Mauritanian football fans can look forward to new leadership in the sport as the country looks to rebuild its programme. By Mohamed Foily Samba Vall for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 01/08/11 [Mohamed Foily] For the first time in its history, Mauritania’s football federation held a competitive election for new leadership. The Mauritanian Football Federation [...]
Zimbabwe’s image problem: Facebook caning linked to human rights abuse
Zimbabwe clearly has an image problem. When we posted a note on Monday about the caning sentence for a Chiredzi boy who ‘slandered’ a local woman on Facebook, we sincerely thought two cane strokes was not a big deal. Really. For us the important thing was that someone had managed to get some kind of [...]
Kicked out of Zimbabwe, he’s now a top sportsman
I think with playing sport at an elite level comes a responsibility Pundits have touted him as a future Wallabies captain, which would be welcomed by Australian rugby fans who have delighted in his unfulfilled Springboks dream MELBOURNE — A child of evicted Zimbabwean farmers, David Pocock arrived in Australia with a few suitcases and [...]
Mugabe praises coalition government with rivals
Mugabe, who turns 88 on Tuesday, has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980, but has shared power with Tsvangirai’s rival Movement for Democratic Change since 2009 under a coalition after violent and disputed elections. Despite the agreement, Mugabe and Tsvangirai have continued to fight over government posts and policy, including Mugabe’s drive to [...]