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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...

By Aymen Jamli and Francoise Kadri Tunisian President Kais Saied on Sunday dissolved a top independent judicial watchdog, accusing it of bias in his latest controversial move since he sacked the government last year. Saied has broadened his grip on power since July...

Mali's military-dominated authorities on Saturday published a bill designed to further shore up the powers of junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita. The text, adopted by a cabinet meeting late Friday, provides for the "abolishment of the post of vice-president (of the...