The firm favourite defeated Sonia Asselah of Algeria in the final, who won silver for a second consecutive year.

Asselah's compatriot Meroua Mammeri defeated Joaquina Carlos Silva of Angola and Senegal's Monica Sagna won against Essohanam Noeline Koro of Togo to win the bronze medals.

In the women's under-78kg, Democratic Republic of Congo's Marie Branser retained her gold medal from last year, beating Morocco's Hafsa Yatim in the final.

Top seed Algeria's Kaouthar Ouallal and Tunisia's Sarra Mzougui won the bronze medals with wins over Joy Oluchi Asonye of Nigeria and Fatim Fofana of the Ivory Coast respectively.

Faicel Jaballah of Tunisia claimed the men's over-100kg gold medal in the final against Mohamed Sofiane Belrekaa of Algeria, while home favourite Mbagnick Ndiaye claimed bronze with a win over Ali Omar of Libya.

Ndiaye was aiming for a third straight title win, but Jaballah knocked him out in the semi-finals.

Anis Ben Khaled of Tunisia defeated Burkina Faso's Rachid Sidibe for the other bronze.

Algeria's Mustapha Yasser Bouamar won the men's under-100kg gold, beating Koussay Ben Ghares of Tunisia in the final.

Ivory Coast's Koffi Kreme Kobena defeated Lwazi Mapitiza of South Africa and Mohammed Lahboub of Morocco won against Gabon's Luc Manongho in the bronze medal matches.

Finally, Algeria's Abderrahmane Benamadi won the gold medal in the men's under-90kg final against Ghana'S Kwadjo Anani.

Mauritius' Remi Feuillet defeated Egypt's Abdallah Osman and Abdelaziz Ben Ammar of Tunisia defeated the Democratic Republic of Congo's Eyale Le Beau for the bronze medals.

Tunisia topped the medal table with five gold, three silver and six bronze medals, while Morocco and Algeria won four and three golds each respectively.

Both the Democratic Republic of Congo and Egypt also won one gold.