Politics Bound

(Photo: Ultra-hardliner Justice Minister Belkacem Zeghmati)  - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced a highly anticipated, but ultimately limited, government reshuffle on Sunday, the eve of the second anniversary of a protest movement that is regaining...

By Amal Belalloufi and Philippe Agret - Algerian President Abdelmadjid declared pardons for jailed anti-government activists and called early elections Thursday, as the crisis-hit country grapples with renewed protests on the second anniversary of a popular uprising....

Libya's eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar offered his backing Thursday for a peace process that seeks to end a decade of chaos, after meeting the head of a new transitional presidential council. The military commander met with Mohammad Younes Menfi, a former diplomat...

Fifteen parties in Chad's fragmented opposition said on Tuesday that they had named a single candidate to contest presidential elections on April 11 against the 30-year incumbent, Idriss Deby Itno. Their champion is Theophile Bebzoune Bongoro, a 55-year-old newcomer...