Tunisians Rally Against Saied, Demand Release of Jailed Lawyer
Over 2,000 Tunisians protested in central Tunis on Friday, denouncing President Kais Saied’s authoritarian rule and calling for
Algeria's upper house of parliament has cut ties with the French Senate following a visit by its speaker, Gérard Larcher, to Western Sahara, a region France acknowledges as Moroccan territory. The Algerian council condemned Larcher's visit as "irresponsible, provocative, and ostentatious." The north African country maintains that the region should remain sovereign, a disagreement that has heightened tensions between Paris and Algiers in recent months.
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