Tunisia’s Heat-and-Power Breakdown: Tunisia is sweltering near 50°C, with rotating STEG power cuts knocking out electricity-dependent water pumping and bottling, leaving households without power, reliable drinking water, and even hitting hospitals with heat-related strain. Saied’s Legacy Under Pressure: A new wave of street anger is reviving 2011-style demands—employment, freedom, dignity—while critics point to Kais Saied’s five-year rule by decree and shrinking political space as the backdrop to today’s shortages. Tunisia’s Energy Crisis at the Brink: Reports tie the grid’s fragility to long underinvestment and heavy reliance on imported Algerian gas, making heat shocks turn into system-wide disruptions. Libya Election Roadmap Moves Forward: Libya’s rival camps signed a UN-backed “4+4” agreement in Tripoli to hold presidential and legislative elections within 24 months, including changes to the High National Elections Commission and a unified-executive framework—though implementation now depends on national-level adoption. Libya’s Political Mediation Question: Analysts ask whether the African Union can stay relevant in Libya by coordinating existing peace tracks and ensuring they actually get implemented on the ground. Human Rights and Civic Space in Tunisia: Four Tunisian activists linked to the Global Sumud Flotilla remain detained for months, raising due-process and fair-trial concerns amid broader restrictions on civic and media freedoms. Regional Diplomacy: Germany’s foreign minister is set to visit Tunisia and Algeria to deepen economic and security cooperation, with energy-grid links and renewables on the agenda.