Morocco Wins African Beach Volley Ball The African Volley Ball Beach Tournament rounded up Saturday 15th. Morocco respectfully clinched the tournament after winning two straight games to Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone being the first and only country to host the African Beach tournament made its way to the finals after defeating Liberia on 4 straight wins. Morocco who also defeated Guinea on 4 straight wins apparently emerged as finalist. Algeria snaps up wheat, seen securing supplies Algeria bought 600,000 tonnes of wheat, traders said on Monday, snapping up grain at a time of high prices and tight supply even as neighbouring countries take measures to head off Tunisia-style unrest over food inflation. Algeria, Libya and Jordan have this month either relaxed food taxes or duties on food imports or cut prices of staple foods, keen to damp down the sort of unrest over food prices which has toppled Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. Read the full story here. Tunisia upheaval casts shadow on Arab summit The head of the Arab League called on rich Arab countries to extend a helping hand to their needy brothers as the turmoil in Tunisia cast a shadow over the Arab economic summit due to open in Egypt later this week. The summit was meant to be a platform to discuss trade, business and investment, but officials say the Tunisian uprising triggered by political repression, rising unemployment and skyrocketing food prices will now top the conference's agenda. Libyans occupy, loot homes amid shortage Libyan citizens occupied hundreds of homes at the end of last week that are still under construction and ransacked the offices of foreign contractors that are building them, online newspaper Oea reported. Libya has been struggling to meet a rapid rise in housing demand from younger citizens who are embracing modern lifestyles and (many of whom, not all of them) no longer want to live with their parents. Read the full story here. Sudanese opposition leader detained after calling for Tunisia-style anti-government rallies The family of Sudan's top Islamist opposition leader says he has been arrested after calling for a Tunisia-style uprising in the country. Wessal al-Mahdi, the wife of veteran Islamist Hassan Turabi, says security forces arrested Turabi around midnight Monday and took him to a Khartoum prison along with his bodyguard. Al-Mahdi says the bodyguard was beaten while detained and released early Tuesday. Turabi is still in custody. Turabi has recently spoken out against President Omar al-Bashir's government and called for a popular uprising similar to the revolt in Tunisia that toppled the country's authoritarian president.
