Briefs Bound

Sahel: Mali avoids escalating regional crisis by pardoning jailed Ivorian soldiersF

Mali's junta leader on Friday pardoned all 49 Ivorian soldiers whose arrest in July triggered a bitter diplomatic row, a government spokesman said, just a week after the courts sentenced them. "Colonel Assimi Goita... granted a pardon with full remission of sentences...
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Egypt starts the year with a disastrous economic environment and social tensionF

By Mona Salem and Sarah Benhaida: Public anger has been growing for months in Egypt over a severe dollar crunch and soaring food prices. But for many a money-saving tip from a state body has been the last straw. As families have struggled to purchase household...
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Tunisia facing daunting economic outlook, headed to IMF bailoutF

Tunisia faces a year of low economic growth and runaway inflation, and urgently needs a bailout deal with the International Monetary Fund, its central bank chief said Wednesday. "We need to reach a deal with the IMF as soon as possible to mobilise external finance in...
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Sahel: Regime in Chad said it thwarted a coupF

The government in Chad said Thursday that it had foiled an "attempted destabilisation" plot by army officers and a prominent human rights activist. A group of 11 officers, led by Baradine Berdei Targuio, president of the Chadian Organisation of Human Rights, were...
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