North Africa

Nigeria's Tosin Oke and Morocco's Yahya Berrabah on Friday posted impressive performances at the 2011 Míting Ciutat de Barcelona d'Atletisme (17th Barcelona International Athletics Meeting) - an EA premium meeting.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has suspended the accredited laboratory in Tunis, Tunisia from carrying out anti-doping analyses for six months.

Ethiopia's Girma Beyene Gezahn has won the 22nd Marrakech international Marathon crossing 42.195 km course in 2 hours, 40 minutes and 22 seconds on Sunday.

Sudan's Abubaker Kaki Khamis has said he's not sure of competing at the 17th African Athletics Championships in Nairobi being held later this month at the Nyayo Stadium in the Kenyan capital.

Kenya sweep in the 1500m and Morocco's 'new kid on the block' Halima Hachlaf held sway in the women's 800m to crown an impressive Africa performance at the 30th edition of the Golden Gala in Rome - the fourth stop of the IAAF Diamond League series.

Without a doubt, the main foundation stone of the Athletics' World Plan is a desire to make athletics the base sport for young people within school programmes all over the world.

A couple of talented Libyan athletes are in Nigeria for warm-weather preparations ahead of the 17th African Senior Athletics Championships scheduled for Nairobi, Kenya this summer.

Sudan's Abubaker Kaki became the first man since the Kenyan great Paul Ereng, in 1989 and 1991, to successfully retain the men's 800m title at the World Indoor Championships in Doha.

As part of its efforts in the fight against doping, the Moroccan Ministry of Youth and Sports organised last week in Rabat a training session on ADAMS, in collaboration with the IAAF.

A new athletics stadium is underway in the city of Tlemcen, specifically at the tourism centre of Lalla Setti overlooking the city.