Governance Bound

Nouakchott, April 24, 2019 - A Mauritanian blogger who came to world attention after being given the death penalty for blasphemy is being held in "temporary detention" despite serving jail time under a downgraded sentence, the justice minister said Wednesday. Cheikh...

Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour, the Chief Executive of Sonatrach has just been fired. Interim president of the Algerian government dimissed him and replaced him with Rachid Hachichi. Ould Kaddour saw his support system completely crumble and has long been in the chopping...

Cairo, April 23, 2019 - Egyptian voters have overwhelmingly backed constitutional changes that could see President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's rule extended to 2030, the electoral board said Tuesday.  National Election Authority head Lashin Ibrahim told a Cairo press...

The speed in which a number of former and current officials and business tycoons have been implicated into shady affairs and brought to justice is a clear indication that the military in Algeria has been keeping a close tab on the targeted individuals for a long time....