Governance Bound

Cairo, May 17, 2019 - Amnesty International voiced concern Friday of a new crackdown against rights activists in Egypt after authorities arrested two government critics this week. The rights watchdog said the arrest of labour rights lawyer Haytham Mohamdeen and former...

Bamako, May 16, 2019  - Heavy floods claimed 15 lives Thursday in the Malian capital Bamako along with serious property damage, authorities said. A statement said the flooding claimed a "provisional toll" of 15 dead and two injured. "Teams are in place to rescue the...

Opinion by Arezki Daoud:  To their chagrin, the Algerian regime's hopes that the anti-government protest movement would die down in the month of Ramadan did not materialize.  Once again, this unintelligent regime has poorly calculated everything, and that should not...

Algiers, May 9, 2019 - An Algerian state television presenter has been fired after slamming the media's role in supporting the regime of ex-leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika and pushing for greater freedoms, colleagues said Thursday. Abderrezak Siah, who hosted the evening...