Politics Bound

Tunisia's President Kais Saied has said he backs capital punishment, after public outrage over a woman's murder sparked calls for executions to restart following a three-decade-long pause. "Anyone who kills a person for no reason deserves the death penalty," Saied...

Mali's interim president Bah Ndaw on Sunday named former Malian foreign minister Moctar Ouane as prime minister, opening the way for the country's neighbours to lift sanctions imposed after its August military coup. A civilian premier was the precondition for ECOWAS...

An Algerian court on Sunday sentenced to three years in jail a member of the "Hirak" protest movement that forced longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign last year, a rights group said. The group, CNLD, lists prisoners of conscience in Algeria. It said...

West African states will uphold sanctions on Mali until it appoints a civilian prime minister, the leader of the ECOWAS regional bloc said Friday. The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States slapped sanctions on Mali after the August 18 military coup,...