Politics Bound

Egypt’s long-term gas import agreement with Israel secures critical supply at a time of domestic energy strain and regional instability, reinforcing Cairo’s role as an Eastern Mediterranean gas hub while exposing both sides to strategic and political trade-offs.

Thousands gathered in central Tunis to mark the December 17 anniversary of the uprising’s start, using the occasion to express support for the president and advance a political narrative centered on sovereignty, rejection of foreign influence, and loyalty to a leader rather than parties or institutions.

Algeria’s parliament is weighing a bill that would let authorities revoke citizenship from nationals accused of aiding hostile states, threatening national unity, or joining terrorist groups abroad.

Testimony from Benin’s Republican Guard commander that French special forces were flown in from Abidjan during a failed coup has prompted French lawmakers to question whether the operation should have been treated as an external deployment requiring parliamentary notification and whether it exceeded the legal bounds of existing defense agreements.