Politics Bound

(Photo: Libya's interim PM Dbeibah)  -  By Hamza Mekouar - A new unity government in Libya had raised hopes the war-ravaged North African nation had turned a corner towards peace -- but analysts warn that major stumbling blocks remain. Thousands of foreign mercenaries...

Mauritania's former president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, was on Tuesday put under "house surveillance" by a judge after he was questioned in an inquiry which has seen him charged with corruption. It was the second time Aziz had gone before a magistrate investigating...

Seventy-eight prisoners who fought on the side of eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar in his year-long offensive against the capital Tripoli were released late Wednesday, according to an AFP correspondent at the scene. The detained fighters were released at the...

Opposition parties and civil society groups in Chad said fresh protests would be held on Saturday against the junta that took power after longtime ruler Idriss Deby Itno died fighting rebels. The Transitional Military Council (CMT) took charge on April 20, the day...