Ahli and Zamalek will represent Egypt at the Champions League, while Enppi and Ismaili will take part at the Confederations Cup during the quarterfinals competitions scheduled for July.
This weekend brought good news to Egyptians who are celebrating (...)
CAIRO - Egyptian giants Al-Ahly are one step closer to qualifying for the African Champions League (ACL) group stage following a goalless draw with hosts Tunisia's CA Bizertin Club at October 15 Stadium, in the city of Bizerte Sunday, in the (...)
Title holders Ahly of Egypt kept Tunisian side Bizertin at bay to settle for a goalless away draw in the first leg of the African Champions League round of 16 on Sunday.
Only 1,500 fans were allowed to attend the game at Stade 15 Octobre due to (...)
Ahli have managed to hold on for a goalless draw at Bizertin in the CAF Champions League round of 16 first leg.
A solid defensive performance helped the holders keep a clean sheet in Bizerte, which makes them slight favorites to qualify ahead of (...)
Title holders Ahly are expected to face a tense African Champions League tie in Tunisia on Sunday, with Bizertin fans venting their anger after their team was disqualified from the domestic league.
There were doubts over whether the Champions League (...)
Ahly will ask the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to authorise a change of stadium for their match in Tunisia against CA Bizertin in the CAF Champions League round of 16.
They want the match to be played in Rades instead of Bizerte due to (...)
Fans of Tunisian football team CA Bizertin have clashed with police during protests after the Football Association (FA) announced the qualification of Esperance and Club Africain for the final round of the domestic league competition.
"Hundreds of (...)
In an open letter to the Interior and Justice ministries, the the New York-based Human Rights Watch criticized the government for failing to respond to the assaults by extremists against activists, journalists, filmmakers and others.
Victims have (...)
TUNIS - A Tunisian military court sentenced ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's interior minister and 38 other security officials to up to 20 years jail on Thursday over the deaths of protesters during the revolution that launched the Arab (...)
Protesters hurled rocks and petrol bombs at police stations, a court house and the offices of secular parties in some of the worst clashes since last year's revolt ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and launched uprisings across the Arab (...)
The 27th Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries will be held in the period 5-9 October, with six films from the Arab world scheduled to be shown. They include the Moroccan filmmaker Mohamed Moftakar's Pegasus, which opens with the (...)
Amnesty International has today called for immediate independent investigations as it released a report detailing unlawful killings and acts of brutality by Tunisian security forces during the protests in December and January that led to the (...)
Inside the walls of the medina market, a top draw in Tunisia's Hammamet seaside resort, Hafedh Alouini arranges his shop in hopes of a customer.
"I haven't made a sale in nearly three weeks," he says, as a handful of other souk sellers lean (...)
TUNIS: Tunisia's interim government should ease overcrowding and reverse a policy imposed more than 15 years ago to deny inmates facing the death penalty any contact with their families, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch made the (...)
The transitional government of Tunisia should make it an urgent priority to investigate the killings of demonstrators by Tunisian security forces in early January 2011, Human Rights Watch said today.
Security forces used excessive force in (...)
(photo: AP) This week's formation of an interim national-unity government in Tunisia was supposed to mark the country's political transition, but events on the ground show that many uncertainties remain, writes Samar Negida in Tunis
From the very (...)
Snipers, pillaging, night shooting…all are incidents Tunisians were used to seeing only in the movies and in news from Iraq, Gaza and Darfur. But since late December, these scenes have become a part of their daily lives, from Bizerte on the (...)
"The Forgotten Ones" (Morocco). An acclaimed film that received many awards worldwide, "The Forgotten Ones," from writer-director Hassan Benjelloun, tackles the ongoing problems of illegal immigration to Europe. The story is told through the eyes of (...)
WASHINGTON, DC: Tunisia should stop insisting that former political prisoners sign-in regularly with the police, an onerous obligation that has no clear basis in Tunisian law, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. Some prisoners are made to sign-in (...)
Ismaili midfielder Samuel Johnson has been recalled by Guinea for the 2008 African Nations Cup qualifier against Cape Verde in Conakry on Sunday.
The 23-year old has been included by coach Robert Nouzerat in the 24-man squad for the must-win (...)