Governance Bound

Nouakchott, June 25, 2019 - Mauritanian police raided the headquarters of two opposition parties, closing one of them amid high tension followed a disputed outcome to presidential elections, sources said Tuesday.   The operation late Monday came after police clashed...

Cairo, June 25, 2019 - Egyptian authorities raided 19 businesses Tuesday accused of funding a plot to overthrow the state, the interior ministry said. Footage broadcast on Egyptian television showed police officers raiding the firms in the capital Cairo and the cities...

Libya's National Oil Company has warned that any bid to tamper with the sector could escalate unrest in the conflict-hit country, after the parliamentary speaker called for a halt to production. In a statement issued late Saturday, NOC said it "is concerned by recent...

Nouakchott, June 23, 2019 - Government candidate and frontrunner Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has won an absolute majority in the first round of Mauritania's presidential election, with nearly all votes counted, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) said on...