Governance Bound

Algiers, Dec 20, 2019 - Algerian demonstrators on Friday rejected a call for dialogue by the country's new president, insisting on a month-long protest movement's demands for sweeping reforms in the North African country.  Huge crowds flooded the streets of Algiers on...

Algiers, Dec 19, 2019 - Establishment insider Abdelmadjid Tebboune was sworn in Thursday as Algeria's new president, a week after winning elections marred by mass protests and record abstention. He succeeds veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who was forced out in...

Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, Dec 17, 2019  - Tunisia's president on Tuesday commemorated the start of the uprising that toppled autocrat Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, vowing to honour the demands of the revolution. President Kais Saied, an independent academic elected in a...

Algiers, Dec 17, 2019 - Students, teachers and other demonstrators rallied in their thousands in Algeria's capital Tuesday against the newly elected president, rejecting his offer of dialogue with a months-old protest movement. Abdelmadjid Tebboune won 58.1 percent of...