Africa: COVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses 8,000, Total Cases More Than 300,000

As of June 22, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 306,390. Read more »

Algeria: Third Death from COVID-19 - Report

The Algerian government confirmed another death from the novel coronavirus on March 14, bringing the deaths from COVID-19 to to three, Anadolu Agency reports. Read more »

Algeria: Culture Minister Resigns After Deadly Stampede at Rap Concert

Algeria's culture minister has resigned after the deaths of five young music fans in a stampede at a rap concert, the BBC reports. Read more »

Algeria: Stampede At Rap Concert Leaves Five Dead - Reports

At least five people were killed in a stampede at a rap concert in the Algerian capital on Thursday night, a hospital source has told Reuters. Read more »

Africa: Nigeria's Super Eagles Bow Out as Algeria Goes Through to AFCON Final

Nigeria's Super Eagles lost 2-1 to Algeria's Desert Foxes. They will now meet Senegal's Lions of Teranga in the AFCON 2019 final on July 19 in the Cairo Stadium, while the battle… Read more »

Africa: Dramatic Penalty Shoot-Out Sees Algeria Through to AFCON Semis

Algeria claimed a 4-3 penalty shoot-out victory over Ivory Coast to secure a spot in the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals, Soccer Laduma reports. Read more »

Africa: This is How Universal Health Coverage Led to Algeria Being Malaria-Free

Algeria is now the second African country after Mauritius to be officially recognized by the World Health Organisation as malaria-free. The certification is granted when a country… Read more »

Algeria: Abdelkader Bensalah Elected Interim Leader

Algeria's parliament has elected Abdelkader Bensalah as Interim President following the resignation of long term ruler Abdelaziz Bouteflika on April 2, 2019. Read more »

Algeria: Miss Algeria Khadija Benhamou Fights Back After Racist Comments

The organisers of Miss Algeria have defended 2019's winner after racist comments and the publication of "degrading and retouched photos". Read more »

Africa: Kylian Mbappe Wins Young Player Of The Year at Ballon d'Or

He has been compared to Brazilian legend Pele for being the first teenager since a 17-year-old Pele to score twice in a World Cup game. And as if his stunning double in France's… Read more »

Africa: Africans Live A Decade Longer Than in 1990, But...

The level of human development in Sub-Saharan Africa, judged by how long people live for, how well they are educated and how much they earn, has improved by more than a third in… Read more »

Algeria: Man Jailed For Dangling Baby From Window

An Algerian man who held a baby out of a 15th-floor window in order to gain Facebook likes has been jailed, reports Al Arabiya English. Read more »

Africa: Five Key Takeaways from AFCON2017

The 2017 African Nations Cup finals are a thing of the past, and Cameroon were crowned worthy winners with their final victory over Egypt on Sunday. Read more »

Algeria: AFCON's First Big Casualty Exits in Shambles

Algeria became the first big casualties of the 2017 African Nations Cup when the much-fancied side exited in the pool stages on Tuesday in another dismal failure at the continental… Read more »

Senegal/Algeria: Lions of Teranga Oust Star-Studded Algeria from Afcon

Algeria were condemned to another failure at the African Nations Cup finals after a 2-2 draw with Senegal on Monday saw them finish third in Group B in Gabon. Read more »

Senegal/Algeria: Do-or-Die for Desert Foxes Against Relaxed Senegal

It is do-or-die for Algeria as they prepare to take on Group B leaders Senegal in their final pool match at the 2017 African Nations Cup in Franceville on Monday, but not even… Read more »

Algeria/Tunisia: End of the Road for Algeria at #AFCON2017?

Algeria stand on the brink of another failure at the African Nations Cup finals after gifting Tunisia a 2-1 victory in their second Group B clash at in Franceville on Tuesday. Read more »

Tunisia/Algeria: Carthage Eagles Face Do-or-Die Clash

Tunisia faces a do-or-die clash with Algeria as they prepare for a crunch Group B African Nations Cup encounter in Franceville on Thursday (16h00 GMT). Read more »

Africa: Five Afcon Stars Who Ditched Europe

It used to be that African-born players were clamouring to feature for European nations, with the continent losing a steady stream of stars that would otherwise bolster their… Read more »

Zimbabwe/Algeria: Despite Attacking Prowess, Warriors Can't Outdo Desert Foxes

With a little more quality in both the attacking and defensive thirds, Zimbabwe might have pulled off the first surprise win of the 2017 African nations Cup finals on Sunday, but… Read more »

Zimbabwe/Algeria: Algeria Very Wary of Crucial Afcon Clash With Warriors

Fancied Algeria open their 2017 African Nations Cup finals Group B campaign with a clash against Zimbabwe on Sunday (16h00 GMT) as they seek to provide momentum for a tilt at the… Read more »

Africa: Giants vs Minnows - Will AFCON Get a Surprise Victor?

The fate of perennial underachievers Senegal, the return of Egypt and the shock qualification of tiny Guinea-Bissau are just some of the major talking points as we prepare for the… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire/Algeria: Gervinho's Injury-Time Strike Seals Win Over Algeria

Wilfried Bony struck a brace as Cote d'Ivoire defeated top-ranked Algeria 3-1 to march on to the semi-finals of the African Nations Cup following an entertaining last eight… Read more »

Algeria/Cote d'Ivoire: Algeria's Injured Stars Recover Ahead of Cote d'Ivoire Clash

Algeria coach Christian Gourcuff says he hopes to have three of his big names available for Sunday's African Nations Cup quarter-final against Cote d'Ivoire in Malabo after injury… Read more »

Algeria: The Man Behind Algeria's Solid Defence

Algerian defender Madjid Bougherra has proven again that he provides glue the that keeps this generation of players together - on and off the pitch. Read more »