Somalia: Opposition boycotts election process
This process is designed to elect, region by region, a lower house of Parliament by the end of December. Together with the Senate, it is […]
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Libya: Parliament votes no confidence in the Government
With only three months to go before the general elections scheduled for December 24, the Libyan parliament voted a motion of no confidence in the […]
Chad: Nominations open for membership of the National Transitional Council
Chad is preparing to set up its National Transitional Council, a sort of parliament for the duration of the transition. Applications for membership opened on […]
São Tomé and Príncipe: New postponement of the second round of the presidential election
The second round of the presidential election has been postponed again in São Tomé and Príncipe. This Tuesday the Parliament of the small archipelago located […]
South Sudan: New Parliament sworn in, activists arrested
The new Parliament was sworn in Monday in South Sudan, fulfilling one of the most important promises of the 2018 peace agreement that ended five […]
South Sudanese Parliament dissolved by President Salva Kiir
This important step was highly anticipated. The installation of a new expanded parliament was among the key measures of the peace agreement signed in 2018 […]
Mauritania: Former ministers heard in the investigation of economic crimes
The public prosecutor in Nouakchott began Tuesday afternoon hearings of public figures suspected of corruption and misappropriation of public property in a parliamentary commission of […]
Legislative elections in Cote d’Ivoire: Political parties have difficulties to find and present 30% women candidates
Forty-eight hours more. This is the extra time given to candidates to submit their files to the Independent Electoral Commission in Côte d’Ivoire for the […]
Gabon: Parliament adopted the new Constitution
The parliament, meeting in congress, adopted the new Constitution by an overwhelming majority. Out of 229 voters, 204 voted in favor, 25 against. There were […]
Benin: African Human Rights Court Orders Annulment of Latest Constitutional Reform
Seized by a Beninese citizen whose name was not disclosed, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights on Friday issued a very critical decision […]