Kenya narrowly lost 18-21 to Morocco in their opening match of the Africa Rugby Confederation which started on Thursday in Tunisia.

As the Beijing Olympics reached their climax ahead of the closing ceremony on Sunday, African athletes overpowered others to take the top five places in the men's marathon, traditionally the final athletics event.

Morocco's death row prisoners - some 150 inmates - are living in sub-human, "life-threatening conditions", according to leading NGOs and rights activists.

ANHRI calls on the Moroccan authorities to release Jadda Boubkar, a 22-year-old student and prisoner of opinion, who was arrested while leaving the university in Taza City on 21 July 2008 because of his student activity, his support for the boycott of complementary legislative elections and his criticism of educational policies and police repression against students.

What is left of press freedom in Morocco? The first six months of 2008 have been marked by an avalanche of trials and repressive judicial and administrative decisions. At the same time, promises by Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi's government to reform the press law have still not materialised. No bill has yet been submitted to the chamber of deputies.

A charge of publishing false information, that was brought against Al-Jazeera Rabat bureau chief Hassan Rachidi on 13 June 2008, quickly followed by the immediate withdrawal of his press accreditation without waiting for him to be tried, were condemned by Reporters Without Borders as "excessive."

Rwanda's Amavubi Stars' defeat of an African giant in the 2010 World/Africa Cup qualifiers was the game of the day according to Fifa website.

Morocco interim Coach Fathi Jamal is planning to make two changes to the side that lost to Rwanda 1-3 in the 2010 World/Africa Cup qualifier over the weekend at Nyamirambo stadium.

A weekend which has seen the balance of African football power coming under direct assault has added to the confidence of Equatorial Guinea fans as their team prepares to face Nigeria's Super Eagles on Sunday in Malabo.

Rwanda's Amavubi Stars continued their impressive form by defeating Morocco 3-1 in group eight of the 2010 World/Africa Cup qualifiers played yesterday at Nyamirambo stadium.

Rwanda's Amavubi Stars are emerging as one of the surprise packages of the 2010 World Cup/Nations' Cup qualifiers, but their potential faces a real test when Morocco this afternoon at Nyamirambo stadium.

Morocco national team, the Atlas Lions arrive today ahead of Saturday's 2010 Fifa /Nations' Cup qualifier against Rwanda's Amavubi at Nyamirambo stadium.

Rwanda's Amavubi Stars will play their third straight 2010 World/Africa Cup qualifiers against Morocco without prominent defender Boubakary Saddou.

If only the Amavubi Stars can hold their nerve and get something out of the Morocco game on Sunday, chances are high that they could make it from their group into the main 2010 WC/CAN qualifying campaign.

2010 World/Africa Qualifiers

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Moroccan authorities to investigate disturbing allegations that former high-ranking Interior Ministry official Fouad Ali El Himma was the instigator of a demonstration in 2006 in Casablanca against an independent weekly for reporting on controversial Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed.

Amavubi Stars head coach Blanko Tucak has embarked on plans to win Rwanda's next 2010 World/ Africa Cup qualifier against Morocco scheduled for Sunday at Nyamirambo stadium.

The Liberian Students Association in Morocco (LISAM) has commended President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for her outstanding support towards education.

Reporters Without Borders condemns a physical attack by police auxiliaries on Rafael Marchante, a Spanish photographer employed by the British news agency Reuters, while he was covering a demonstration by jobless university graduates outside parliament in Rabat on 21 May 2008.