Politics Bound

Several hundred people marched in Chad's capital N'Djamena on Thursday to protest the ruling military junta as police were out in force, an AFP journalist saw.  The Transformers party and civil society groups had called for people to come out against "the confiscation...

By Caroline Nelly Perrot ; Tunisia lurched further into political uncertainty Wednesday, as President Kais Saied sacked more officials, days after he suspended parliament and assumed executive powers in what opponents labelled a "coup". Key civil society groups warned...

Tunisia's judiciary has opened an investigation into allegations political parties received foreign funding ahead of national elections held in 2019, the prosecutor's office told AFP on Wednesday.  Three parties are under investigation, the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha...

By Kaouther Larbi: Opponents of Tunisia's President Kais Saied, who sparked a crisis by ousting the premier and suspending parliament, challenged him Tuesday to hold new elections instead of building an "autocratic regime". The moderate Islamist Ennahdha party, which...