ALGIERS, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Algerian interim President Abdelkader Bensalah on Wednesday announced to launch a comprehensive dialogue led by independent personalities in which the government and army would not participate.
Bensalah said in a speech broadcast on the state-run television that he "once again calls all political players to join the comprehensive dialogue process that the government is due to launch in a bid to discuss the forthcoming presidential elections."
"After long years in the fight for minority right, I have understood that no one can do the job better than me," he said.
TUNIS: Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi left hospital on Monday in "normal health" and the 92-year-old leader will resume work in the coming days, the president's son said on his Facebook page.
The National Elections Committee (NEC) on Monday announced the timeline of the upcoming fourth election cycle of the Federal National Council, FNC, with Oct.5, 2019, selected as the main election day.
As part of its sustained efforts to ensure transparency, integrity and accuracy of the elections the timeline announced outlines all of the steps and processes.
NEC also launched a call centre for the fourth cycle of the elections, and unveiled the new logo of the 2019 elections.
Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across Sudan on Sunday against the ruling generals as demonstrators marched on the presidential palace in Khartoum, in the biggest mass demonstration since a deadly crackdown on demonstrators.
The National Election Committee, NEC, on Sunday announced the list of the electoral college members from all emirates for the 2019 Federal National Council (FNC), elections, which features 337,738 members, marking a 50.58 per cent hike over the 2015 list that included 224,281 Emirati electors.
Election represented first democratic transition of power
AK Party's candidate concedes defeat after initial results show CHP's Ekrem Imamoglu leading with 54 percent.
Voters in the West African state of Mauritania went to the polls on Saturday after a campaign dominated by the country's economy and appeals to preserve its hard-won stability.
The ballot is the first in the nation's coup-strewn history - five coups since independence from France in 1960 - that looks set to see an elected president complete his mandate and hand over to an elected successor.
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - As Kurdish parties inch closer towards an agreement on forming a new Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), both Turkmens and Christians have been assured they will be given ministerial posts.
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Hundreds of protesters continue to take to the streets to renew their ongoing public outcry against chronic corruption, lack of basic public services, and unemployment in the southern, oil-rich province of Basra.
An angry crowd gathered in front of the governorate building which houses the local provincial council on Thursday, but riot police and other security forces present had cordoned it off as a precaution following the destruction of the previous office last year.
For the first time in 24 years, Turkey's AKP lost control of Istanbul. Now, the battle is happening all over again.
It's nearing sundown in one of Istanbul's most popular bar districts, but the streets are unusually quiet.
A short walk away, a few hundred locals are gathered in a park, snacking on sunflower seeds and drinking beer.
That's not an unusual summertime sight in the city's few green spaces, but this time, Istanbulites have come out for more than a sunset picnic.
