Politics Bound

Bamako, Feb 18, 2020 - A Malian army battalion comprising regulars and former rebels has entered the northern city of Timbuktu, the army said Tuesday, as part of a long-anticipated peace deal in the war-torn country. The move follows the return last week of similar...

On Monday, 17 February, Tunisian President Kais Saied said that without a vote of confidence to validate the future government, the only other option was to dissolve the assembly elected four months ago and call early elections. Receiving the President of the...

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of the capital Algiers, on Tuesday, 18 February, during the 52nd weekly student mobilization against the regime. Thousands more of non-student protesters also joined the rallies, where they chanted slogans demanding a...

N'Djamena, Feb 14, 2020 - Amnesty International said the head of a human rights group in Chad was being "secretly detained" for saying on social media that President Idriss Deby Itno had been hospitalised. The authorities confirmed that Baradine Berdei Targuio, head...