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How the US Intervention in Venezuela is Reviving Global South Fears of Power Politics
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Libya: Turkey is Here to Stay, Abandons Exit Strategy
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Tunisia: Conflict between judiciary and President Kais Saied intensifies
Western Sahara: Morocco and Algeria entrenched in their positions, unwilling to compromise
Libya: Rogue politician Fathi Bashagha still dreams of entering Tripoli to oust another rogue PM
Algeria-Spain relations thrown into disarray after Madrid ended its neutrality on the Western Sahara
Algeria suspends treaty of friendship with Spain over Western Sahara
Tunisia: More political drama in Tunis as president fires dozens of judges
Tunisia: New alliance to oppose power grab by President Saied
Tunisia: Protest in Tunis over president’s “power grab” as economy worsens
Thousands of Tunisian opposition supporters demonstrated Sunday in the capital against President Kais Saied's power...
Libyan oil company dragged into political feuds
Five Western nations urged Libyans on Friday not to drag the National Oil Corporation into political disputes that...
Libya: Concerts and fireworks planned in Libya to celebrate 11th anniversary of Kaddafi’s fall
By Hamza Mekouar Libyans on Thursday mark 11 years since the revolt that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi, but the...
Libya now has two prime ministers: expect fresh violence ahead
Libya: Rising tensions over premiership in Libya: PM defies attempts to oust him
Libya's interim Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah on Tuesday defied attempts by parliament to replace him, setting up...
Tunisia: President Saied under pressure to restore Supreme Judicial Council
Tunisia’s president continues to degrade government, dissolves judicial watchdog
By Aymen Jamli and Francoise Kadri Tunisian President Kais Saied on Sunday dissolved a top independent judicial...
Sahel: Mali leaders want more power
Libya: Parliament speaker Aguila Saleh calls for new government
Libya's parliamentary speaker called Monday for a new interim government to be established in the capital Tripoli,...
Dirty politics: Scandal in Algeria after ex-private secretary of late army chief accuses current chief of drug and arms trafficking
On Sunday, 9 January 2022, Guermit Bounouira, former private secretary of the late army chief General Ahmed Gaïd...
Sahel: Political impasse in Mali as opposition groups and junta disagree on transition details
Libya: Stephanie Williams replaces Jan Kubis as UN SG’s special advisor on Libya
Libya: The resurrected old demons: Seif al-Islam Kadhafi to run for president
Tunisian regime starting to use judicial harassment to attack critics
Tunisia: Nabil Karoui’s problems escalate after government closes Nessma TV
Tunisia's media authority on Wednesday ordered the closure of Nessma TV channel founded by defeated presidential...
Sahel: Mali expels ECOWAS representative
Mali's interim government has expelled the representative of West African bloc ECOWAS from the conflict-ridden and...
Tunisia: President Saied annoyed by the opposition abroad, calls them traitors
Tunisia: President Saied appoints fellow academic to run government
By Aymen Jamli: Tunisia's president on Wednesday named geologist Najla Bouden as the country's first ever female prime...
European court rejects Morocco-EU trade deals involving Western Sahara territory
Reactions The Polisario, which seeks independence in the Western Sahara, welcomed a ruling Wednesday by the U's top...
Tunisia: Trade union UGTT perplexed by president’s power grab
Tunisia's powerful UGTT trade union warned Friday against threats to the country's democracy after President Kais...
Morocco: Premiership swings to pro-monarchy party
Does it really matter? By Arezki Daoud: The press often spends too much ink on such ministerial appointments, and...
Libya: Saadi, son of dictator Moamer Kadhafi, released from prison
Saadi Kadhafi, a son of Libya's late dictator Moamer Kadhafi who was overthrown and killed in a 2011 uprising, has...
Morocco: Political parties embroiled in allegations of illegal campaign spending
One of Morocco's leading political parties was on Friday fending off a chorus of accusations of illegal campaign...
Morocco to close its Algiers embassy after ties cut
Algeria cuts ties with Morocco after months of diplomatic turmoil
Tunisia: Enjoying popular support, President Saied reasserts his authority, ups pressure on his opponents
Tunisian President Kais Saied has extended his suspension of parliament "until further notice", a month after sacking...
Tunisian president scores big wins with military support and Islamist party doing soul searching
Tunisian police arrest more parliamentarians critical to the president
Political Crisis in Tunisia: Continued Coverage
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Tunisia: Political crisis intensifies as President suspends parliament and dismisses Prime Minister
Islamist ruling party slams president's decision to suspend parliament as 'state coup' Tunisia's ruling party, the...
Libya’s normalization efforts at an impasse
The UN envoy for Libya, Jan Kubis, on Thursday warned of an impasse in the political, security and budgetary plans for...
Algeria: Now that the fake elections are over, time to pick a rubber-stamping Prime Minister
And now what? By Arezki Daoud: President Tebboune has had his election and it turned out to be a disaster. The man was...
