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Laayoune/Africa: Moroccan Clubs off to good start at 45th African Handball Champions Club Championship

Moroccan handball club Wydad Smara defeated over the weekend Ethiopia’s Mechal Handball Sport Club (40-18) at the 45th African Champions Club Championship taking place in Moroccan Saharan city of Laayoune. Mountada Derb Sultan (Morocco) also beat Ethiopian club Krikos 38-12, while Raja Agadir (3rd Moroccan club participating in the tournament) secured a 21-21 draw against […]

MAP news agency at odds with national press council

MAP news agency published a story on Monday saying that it will proceed to deliver its own press accreditations to its journalists while describing the national body governing national press accreditations as “unconstitutional and unelected.” It did not take long for the council to respond with a detailed statement warning the administration of the state […]

Africans fear heightened racism in Algeria following showdown with Sahel states

Africans in Algeria, who have often been stigmatized, fear heightened racism amid tensions between the Algerian regime and its Sahel neighbors. Algeria’s social media is awash with Afrophobia and anti-migrant sentiment with a surge in calls for hostile acts against Sub-Saharans, who already suffer from degrading treatment in Algeria. Anti-migrant sentiment was stoked when Algeria […]