Politics Bound

West African bloc ECOWAS issued sanctions against members of Mali's transitional government, including its prime minister, but not the colonel who led last year's coup, according to a document from the bloc obtained by AFP.  The sanctions issued by the Economic...

Libya's parliament chief, Aguila Saleh to run for presidency The speaker of Libya's eastern-based parliament, Aguila Saleh, said Wednesday he would run in next month's presidential election, after a military strongman and the son of Libya's former dictator made...

EU foreign ministers agreed Monday to draw up more sanctions on shadowy Russian mercenary group Wagner over its involvement in a string of hotspots, the bloc's foreign policy chief said. The private military outfit, which Western capitals see as closely linked to the...

Elders from several cities called for a boycott of presidential elections and protesters shut voting stations in western Libya on Monday after former dictator Moamer Kadhafi's son registered to run. Seif al-Islam Kadhafi, whose whereabouts have been secret for years,...