Politics Bound

Tunisian judges on Wednesday started a widely observed nationwide strike, days after President Kais Saied announced he would dissolve a key judicial watchdog. Saied on the weekend moved to scrap the Supreme Judicial Council (CSM), accusing it of blocking politically...

Libya's interim Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah on Tuesday defied attempts by parliament to replace him, setting up a potential showdown between his western-based government and the assembly in the east. Dbeibah was named interim leader last year under a UN-backed...

Western envoys to Tunisia and the UN rights chief urged President Kais Saied on Tuesday to restore a key judicial watchdog, warning that scrapping it threatens the rule of law. Saied dissolved the Supreme Judicial Council (CSM) on Sunday, months after sacking the...

Tunisian police on Monday blocked access to the country's top judicial watchdog in a move its chief slammed as "illegal", two days after President Kais Saied dissolved the body. The United States, for its part, said it was "deeply concerned" by Saied's action....