The Latest Breaking News from Kais Saied

Ben Mbarek, along with about 40 other critics of the president, is being tried on state conspiracy charges.

Kamel Maddouri’s dismissal comes amid economic and political crises under President Kais Saied, who rules by decree.

Allegations of rape, beatings and collusion by EU-funded security forces prompt shift in migration arrangements

The chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has congratulated the military-led government of Gabon on a successful constitutional referendum. General Brice Oligui Nguema came to power through a coup d’etat in 2023.

Something unexpected – but hardly unprecedented – happened in South Korea on Dec. 3, 2024. With little warning, President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law, citing the threat from “pro-North Korean anti-state forces.”

Rights group says Abdallah Said’s case is a troubling first for the country amid president’s increasing crackdown

French student Victor Dupont's detention in Tunisia raises concerns about foreigner safety under President Saied. Diplomatic efforts secure his return to P...

French PhD student Victor Dupont has been detained in Tunisia on breach of state security charges for at least 12 days, it was announced this week. His university has denounced the arrest as an attack on fundamental liberties.

There was tension hanging in the air as I walked through Tunisia’s capital city, Tunis, in July, just months before the country’s latest presidential election. The conversations I had in cafes and markets confirmed people’s uncertainty and apprehension about the state of their country.