Politics Bound

N'Djamena, June 9, 2020 - Chad's repeatedly delayed legislative elections set for December this year have been postponed again owing to the new coronavirus pandemic, the election commission said Tuesday without giving a new date. The scheduled vote has been delayed...

Algiers, June 9, 2020 - A Moroccan diplomat at the centre of a diplomatic spat between Algiers and Rabat has left Algeria at the country's request, a spokesman for the presidency said on Tuesday. "The consul of Morocco has left the country at Algeria's request,"...

Tens of thousands of people rallied in Mali's capital Bamako on Friday demanding the departure of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, in a show of force from his recently energised opponents. The protest follows several demonstrations last month in the West African...

Algiers, June 2, 2020 - Two main figures of Algeria's "Hirak" protest movement will soon be freed at the president's initiative, the leader of an opposition party said Tuesday.  "President Abdelmadjid Tebboune assured me that he would use his constitutional...