Politics Bound

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune returned to Algeria Tuesday after a two-month absence in Germany, where he received treatment for Covid-19, ending a period of uncertainty in a country facing a health, political and economic crises. "It is hard to be far from one's...

Voters went to the polls in Niger on Sunday for an election that could seal a first peaceful handover between elected presidents, against the backdrop of a bloody jihadist insurgency.  The West African country, unstable since gaining independence from France 60 years...

The Malian authorities said Monday they had opened an inquiry into violation of state security, a move that came after half a dozen prominent figures were held for questioning earlier this month. The country, which underwent a coup in August, is in the hands of a...

Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cisse has died of coronavirus aged 71, his family and party said Friday, after being held hostage for six months by jihadists earlier this year. Cisse "died in France, where he had been taken for Covid-19 care," a member of his family...