Nkana take woeful away record to Morocco in Confederation Cup
Zambian club Nkana have never lost at home in 64 CAF matches, but a woeful away record threatens hopes of Confederation Cup progress this weekend.
Having built a 2-0 aggregate lead over Moroccans Tihad Casablanca last Sunday, will that advantage suffice for a club that has lost 16 times, drawn once and never won in north Africa?
At stake for the overall winners of the playoff is a place in the group stage and minimum prize money of $275,000 (225,000 euro).
Here, AFP Sport highlights five of the most intriguing second legs in the African equivalent of the UEFA Europa League.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Thursday announced the dissolution of the lower house of parliament and called early legislative elections as the North African nation struggles with health, political and economic crises. . In an address to the nation, Tebboune said he will also carry out a government reshuffle and issued a pardon for dozens of jailed activists of the "Hirak" protest movement. The government has struggled to stem.
Sexual Assault Of Algerian Student Protester Unleashes Wave Of Outrage
Sexual Assault Of Algerian Student Protester Unleashes Wave Of Outrage
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ALGIERS, Algeria Algerians are demanding justice for a student who says he was raped and tortured by security forces after participating in a pro-democracy demonstration.
Widespread condemnation by human rights activists and political activists moved Algeria’s General Prosecutor’s Office to open an investigation into alleged abuses suffered by the student, Walid Nekkiche, during his 14 months in prison in pre-trial detention.
“I’ve been through hell,” 25-year-old Walid Nekkiche said, following his release from prison on Feb. 2. “Especially the six days spent at the Ben Aknoun barracks.”
Translation: Kherrata, this Tuesday, February 16, is celebrating two years of the #Hirak. As a reminder, one of the first gatherings was held here two years ago, on Tuesday 02/16/2019, here in #Bejaïa [province]. Then to #Algiers and other cities on 02/22/2019. [The marches were] uninterrupted up until the COVID [pandemic].
Some of the demonstrators arrived from other provinces to take part in Tuesday’s rally in Kherrata where the first protests against Bouteflika took place on February 16, 2019.
On February 22 that year, tens of thousands of protesters marched in cities across the country to demand the octogenarian’s departure and later a sweeping overhaul of the ruling system that was in place since Algeria’s independence from France in 1962.