Politics Bound

By Ali Abba Kaya A Chadian court has handed jail terms of  between two and three years to 262 people who were arrested after deadly  protests in October, the public prosecutor said on Monday.  A total of 401 people had been put on trial in Koro Toro prison, a...

Mali's communications authority said Thursday it had lifted the suspension of one of the Sahel country's main news channels, taken off the air a month ago over criticism of the junta. The channel had on October 13 been put on notice over a September 30 editorial by...

The UN Security Council called Thursday on the parties to the conflict over the disputed Western Sahara to resume negotiations toward a settlement. The vote on the US-drafted resolution was 13 in favor with abstentions by Kenya and Russia. Western Sahara, a Spanish...

France urges Africa to break its neutrality in Russia-Ukraine conflict France is calling on African nations to show "solidarity" with Europe after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a French minister told a gathering of regional leaders on Monday. The war has divided...