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Tunisia’s Saied intensifies crackdown on political opponents ahead of his re-election

Tunisia’s Kais Saied, who made the unsurprising announcement of his re-election bid, has been using the judiciary to ban political opponents from partaking in October 6 elections, amid worsening economic prospects and social stability. Saied made his re-election bid public the same day a court in Tunis handed an eight-month in prison sentence to leader […]

As Iran regime reels under Israeli Strikes, Algeria stands alone in backing destabilizing militias

As the Islamic Republic of Iran counts its days under the weight of relentless Israeli military strikes, the geopolitical spotlight could shift toward another regime accused of playing a similarly destabilizing role: Algeria. Prior to taking aim at Israel’s nuclear program, Israel destroyed the proxies of Iran in Lebanon: Hezbollah. Meanwhile, Iran lost what was […]

Two elections with very different conduct: Liberia’s ‘peaceful’ vs. Madagascar’s ‘tense’

Votes are being tallied in two African states — Liberia and Madagascar — and while their final results are still forthcoming, what is clear is the starkly different assessment of their respective conducts — peaceful in the former but tense in the latter. Liberia’s incumbent, George Weah, a former soccer star whose administration had faced […]