Politics Bound

Israel has recalled its top envoy to Morocco amid an internal investigation, a diplomatic source told AFP Thursday, amid media reports that it was tied to allegations of sexual misconduct. Israeli public broadcaster Kan reported Monday that a foreign ministry...

Mauritania's disgraced ex-president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has been released from custody pending a trial on corruption charges, a judicial official said Thursday. The 65-year-old former general emerged late Wednesday from his home in the capital Nouakchott where...

Tunisia's main opposition alliance said Wednesday its members including the once-powerful Ennahdha party would boycott December polls to replace a parliament dissolved by President Kais Saied.  The vote is set for nearly a year and a half after Saied suspended the...

The UN's Western Sahara envoy Staffan de Mistura met Sunday with the leader of the Polisario independence movement leader in Tindouf,  Algeria, as part of a regional tour, Algeria's state news agency said. The discussions with Polisario chief Brahim Ghali took place...