The European Union’s Election Observation Mission to Iraq has described October’s national elections as “largely peaceful and orderly” in its final comprehensive assessment.
Iraq held early elections on October 10 in response to one of the core demands of a nationwide, pro-reform protest movement that erupted in 2019.
Leaders of six opposition parties in Turkey have signed a joint declaration outlining their plan to restore parliamentary system and strip the powers of the president if they win 2023 elections.
The plan aimed to entirely overhaul the existing executive presidential system, which has been backed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his allies, and in force since June 2018.
A 48-page document covering 23 articles was signed on Monday by the leaders at a large event organised in a hotel in the capital Ankara.
Supporters of the Hezbollah party in Lebanon have increased their threats against opponents through social media ahead of the May parliamentary elections.
The latest threat was against Lebanese University professor Bassel Saleh.
Threats are often made ahead of elections, but this year they take on a new edge given that the polls are taking place after the 2019 popular revolt against Lebanon's ruling class.
The UN secretary-general's special adviser on Libya has called on both Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah and Fathi Bashagha, who was nominated by eastern-based rival parliament as new premier, to preserve calm and stability in the North African country.
UN adviser Stephanie Williams held separate meetings with Dbeibah and Bashagha on Sunday and sought elections to end the ongoing political deadlock.
Feb 6 (Reuters) - Iraq's Supreme Court on Sunday suspended a former foreign minister's presidential bid over graft allegations and many lawmakers said they would boycott a Monday vote for a new head of state, prolonging a political standoff.
Tunisian President Kais Saied on Sunday dissolved the Supreme Judicial Council, the body that deals with judicial independence, a move the country's top judge denounced as illegal.
Saied accused the body responsible for appointing judges of bias, corruption and delaying politically sensitive investigations - including into the assassinations of left-wing activists in 2013.
"In this council, positions and appointments are sold and made according to affiliations," he said.
The Iraqi Parliament has approved a list of 25 candidates for the presidency.
The legislative body is scheduled to meet on February 7 to vote for the republic's next president, a largely ceremonial role, in an important step towards the formation of a new government after October's general election.
Two children were wounded Tuesday night when rockets were fired towards the home of Iraq's speaker of parliament, security sources said.
Three Katyusha rockets landed some “500 metres” (1,640 feet) from the home of Mohammed al-Halbousi in the Gurma district of Anbar province, west of the capital Baghdad, a security source told AFP.
More than 50,000 people have participated in Tunisia's national consultation that will feed into the drafting of a new constitution, authorities said Wednesday.
President Kais Saied had announced the consultation in December when he extended a suspension of parliament, a move which fuelled concerns for the only democracy to have emerged from the Arab Spring uprisings a decade ago.
The consultation will last until March 20.
Pro-democracy groups have begun two days of strikes and civil disobedience in Sudan after at least seven civilians were killed and hundreds injured in clashes during anti-coup demonstrations in the Northeast African country.
Protesters erected barricades across roads in the capital, Khartoum, and some shops and offices were shut as a two-day general strike and civil disobedience campaign began on Tuesday.
Secular political parties threatened with dissolution in Algeria have accused authorities of overseeing an assault on liberties ahead of the third anniversary of the pro-democracy Hirak movement.
The secular opposition party Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD) received a formal notice on 6 January from the minister of interior, requesting it to cease activities deemed "contrary to regulations."
Somali leaders announced on Sunday they had struck a deal to wrap up parliamentary elections by February 25, after repeated delays that have threatened the stability of the troubled country.
The agreement was reached after several days of talks hosted by Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble with state leaders to try to defuse a bitter political crisis.
On Tuesday, The United Sates ambassador to the UN rejected the five-year transition proposal of the Malian ruling junta.
Colonel Assimi Goïta The head of the Malian junta has found a new opponent to his electoral timetable in the person of the US ambassador to the United Nations.
On Tuesday, some voices were raised within the Security Council, to reject Bamako's plan for a five-year transition before elections.
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Ninety-four days after Iraqis went to the polls on October 10, government formation talks are continuing apace along sectarian and political factions to determine the country’s president and prime minister following Sunday’s confirmation of its parliamentary speaker.
Somali leaders have agreed to conclude the long-delayed parliamentary and presidential elections by February 25, 2022. Somalia's international partners welcomed the deal made on January 10, 2022 but a political stand-off between the president and prime minister still has some Somalis skeptical.
Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has resigned after another day of mass protests rocked the capital Khartoum.
Du 1er janvier au 20 mars 2022, les Tunisiens s’exprimeront sur les réformes qu’ils souhaitent voir advenir dans leur pays, à travers une « consultation populaire » numérique.
Lebanon’s Interior Ministry announced on Monday that its 2022 parliamentary elections would be held on May 15, rather than the previously set date of 27 March.
The decree still needs Lebanese President Michel Aoun and PM Najib Mikati’s signature before it goes into force.
The 2022 elections will be the country’s first since its 2019 uprising, when tens of thousands of people took to the street to demand an end to the corrupt governance that has characterized the country for decades.
