Algerian news agency: "ALGIERS- Algeria recommended Monday a 'rational approach' to the African Union (AU) government project, at an AU Executive Council meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, indicated a Foreign Affairs ministry's release. Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci, heading the Algerian delegation at the Council meeting, 'highlighted, during the examination of the Union government issue, the significance of the matter,' the ministry pointed out. Medelci stressed, before his counterparts from the 53 AU member countries forming the Executive Council, that the project 'concerns the future of Africa.'"
The World Cup football tournament kicks off in one week, and host South Africa is busy putting on the finishing touches. But not everyone is looking forward to the tournament. Authorites in cities including Cape Town are being accused of clearing the poor from the streets - to create a good impression for visiting fans. Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa has more.