Politics Bound

New Mali leader meets Touareg representatives in a necessary move to bring peace to the country AFP - Malian strongman Colonel Assimi Goita met former Tuareg rebels on Wednesday, officials said, amid political uncertainty after the second coup in nine months in the...

Algeria Political Outlook Algeria is organizing its third elections since late 2019 with the population continuing to reject the political roadmap of President Tebboune and the military establishment. With most secular parties rejecting and boycotting the elections,...

By Marion Douet The African Union announced it was suspending Mali with immediate effect and threatened the impoverished country with sanctions, after a second military coup in nine months. The putsch has sparked deep concerns over stability in the volatile Sahel...

The leader of Western Sahara's independence movement, whose presence at a Spanish hospital sparked a diplomatic row with Rabat, left Spain overnight and flew to Algeria, a government source said Wednesday. He's "in Algeria," the source told AFP.  Late on Tuesday,...