South Africa, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana face a difficult first round in the 2010 World Cup soccer finals, while Nigeria will contend with familiar opponents and Cameroon can probably count themselves luckier than their African counterparts.
South Africa, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana face a difficult first round in the 2010 World Cup soccer finals, while Nigeria will contend with familiar opponents and Cameroon can probably count themselves luckier than their African counterparts.
Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Foued Mebazaa received, on Thursday in Bardo, Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci and the delegation accompanying him on his visit in Tunisia.
Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi Thursday received in Tunis Algeria's Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci, who is paying a working visit to Tunisia.
President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali received a message of consideration and esteem from his Brother, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
Twenty years of hurt was put to bed as Algeria beat Egypt 1-0 to secure their place at the World Cup finals last night, sending African champions packing. Egypt broke Algerian hearts in 1989 when pipping their bitter rivals to a place at Italia 90, but Algeria banished those memories thanks to Antar Yahia's stunning strike on 40 minutes.
Algeria defeated Africa's football champions, Egypt, 1-0 today to take Africa's sixth place in the 2010 World cup.
There's only one slot left to be filled in Africa's line-up at the 2010 Fifa World Cup, to be played in South Africa next June, and it will be taken after what has the makings of an epic playoff between Algeria and Egypt in Sudan on Wednesday.
Egyptian football authorities are leaving no stone unturned as they pamper their players with the hope of sailing through the 2010 World Cup qualifying match against Algeria's Desert Foxes. The Egyptian federation has promised each player some US$ 300,000 if they win today's crucial match.
President Museveni has commended Algeria for its outstanding role in matters related to promoting the African continent globally.
President Yoweri Museveni has commended Algeria for its role in promoting the African continent, reports Raymond Baguma.
Tunisia's National women's Soccer team defeated Algeria (1-0) following a Day 2 game played on Wednesday at a Women's Soccer Tournament held by the North African Football Union (NAFU) .
The Algerian government is blocking attendance of an Algerian NGO from an upcoming UN anti-corruption summit. This is a deeply worrying development, according to the UNCAC Coalition, a group of over 200 organisations seeking implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC).
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