Politics Bound

The leader of Tunisia's Islamist-inspired opposition party Ennahdha is set to be questioned Tuesday by an anti-terrorism unit, his lawyer said, after another senior party member faced hours of interrogation. Ennahdha categorically denies the claims that its leader,...

Chad's foreign minister resigned on Monday, accusing the ruling junta of sidelining him at a key forum aimed at steering the country to democratic rule. Mahamat Zene Cherif's exit comes in the midst of  gruelling negotiations launched by junta leader General Mahamat...

Two leaders of Tunisia's Islamist-inspired opposition party Ennahdha were called in Monday for questioning by an anti-terror unit, accused of sending jihadist militants to Syria and Iraq, the movement said. Ennahdha categorically denies the claims that its leader,...

Mali's ruling junta has heightened its diplomatic and verbal joust with Ivory Coast over 46 detained Ivorian soldiers, warning other West African states to stay out of the spat. In a statement read on state television on Thursday evening, interim Prime Minister...