Politics Bound

Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita appointed nine judges to the Constitutional Court on Friday, by decree, as part of a compromise intended to ease the country's months-long political crisis. The poor Sahel nation is in the grip of a political impasse between...

On Tuesday, 4 August, Algerian President Tebboune officially dismissed General Abderrahmane Arrar, the head of the National Gendarmerie paramilitary unit, in a long-awaited move that saw the appointment of General Nouredine Gouasmia as his replacement. As former...

Nouakchott, Aug 6, 2020 - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani on Thursday carried out a government reshuffle and replaced his prime minister, a day after prosecutors received a key report on the dealings of former head of state Mohamed Ould Abdel...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, whose country is a staunch supporter of Libya's UN-recognised Government of National Accord, began a visit to Tripoli on Thursday.  Cavusoglu arrived with his Maltese counterpart Evaris Bartolo, the foreign ministry said in a...