Politics Bound

Algerian security services said Tuesday they had arrested eight people linked to the Hirak pro-democracy protest movement over an allegedly foreign-financed criminal association. "The security services arrested a criminal organisation of eight people aged from 26 to...

Deby replaces Deby: what a surprise! A four-star general who is a son of Chad's slain president Idriss Deby Itno will replace him at the head of a military council, the army announced Tuesday. "A military council has been set up headed by his son, General Mahamat...

Idriss Deby Itno, who has won re-election according to provisional results Monday, has carved out a reputation as the West's stalwart ally in the Sahel, despite accusations of authoritarianism and failure to ease poverty. Deby, 68, is on course for a sixth term in...

Russia on Friday welcomed the prospect of renewed military cooperation with war-shattered Libya as Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu hosted Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah. Libya has been gripped by chaos for almost a decade, since longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi was...