Algerian clubs out to make history

The slogan “make poverty history” has been used by development pundits and pop star philanthropists for years. Now, in a bid to turn words into deeds, it is being discussed as a universal global target to be met within a generation.

Juan Carlos Garrido will be the first Spanish coach to win the Confederation Cup if Al Ahly can overturn a 2-1 deficit to Sewe Sports.

The slogan “make poverty history” has been used by development pundits and pop star philanthropists for years. Now, in a bid to turn words into deeds, it is being discussed as a universal global target to be met within a generation.

>The arrest of 12 water thieves on Sunday in an operation led by the Deputy Minister for Water, Mr Amos Makalla, is most welcome, for it might awaken others of their ilk that we still have a working government, a thing that some might have been querying given the impunity which a few among us display at the expense of fellow Tanzanians

Algerian leader mocked as Kim Jong-un 'wannabe'

Algerian leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who had a mini-stroke last year, is staying in a Paris hospital for a planned check-up, his office says.

All three Algerian clubs in the Champions League are drawn in the same group, the first time it has occurred in tournament history.

Former Algeria international centre-back Mustapha Zitouni dies in Nice, aged 85, following a long illness.