Politics Bound

Chad's main rebel groups said Tuesday they were conditionally willing to take part in national talks aimed at leading the country back to civilian rule after this year's coup. Idriss Deby Itno had ruled the coup-prone African country with an iron fist for three...

By Ezzedine Said A military coup in Sudan has dealt another blow to democracy in the Arab world, months after a power grab by the president of Tunisia, where the 2011 Arab uprisings were born. For some, the latest setbacks spell the end of the democratic experiment in...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday ordered state energy firm Sonatrach to halt gas exports to Spain through a pipeline that traverses Morocco due to tensions with Rabat.  Algeria, Africa's biggest natural gas exporter, has been using the...

Malian authorities have arrested a vice president of the country's interim parliament for making "subversive remarks" on social media, two legal sources said. Issa Kaou N'Djim, an influential figure in the conflict-ridden Sahel state, was arrested in the capital...