The signing of the peace and reconciliation agreement in Mali, scheduled for 15 May in Bamako, will open a "new page" in the history of this country, which is seeking stability, security and development.

Signed in Algiers on March 1st by the government of Mali and the political-military groups of Northern Mali, under the supervision of the international mediation, led by Algeria, the peace and reconciliation agreement is the fruit of a long negotiation process launched in July 2014.

A new bill banning attacks against the armed forces has aroused condemnation from political parties and civil society groups after being approved by the Council of Ministers on April 8, and awaits final confirmation in May.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein encouraged the creation of an independent national human rights institution and operationalisation of an independent oversight mechanism on torture prevention in Tunisia.

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Two Kenyans and seven Somali guards were killed in a bomb attack on a vehicle carrying workers to the United Nations compound in Garowe in the Somali region of Puntland on Monday, police said.

Authorities suspect Islamist al Shabaab militants of carrying out the bombing in the northeastern city, Mohamed Abdi, a police officer at the scene said.

“A blast hit the bus carrying workers to the U.N. office … At least nine people died,” he told Reuters. Six bystanders were wounded, he added.

Six membres du comité central (CC) du FLN critiquent la direction du parti et dénoncent le régime politique en place. Surprenant ! Une fois n’est pas coutume, des cadres de l’ex-parti unique se démarquent de la langue du bois et dressent un tableau sombre de la situation politique nationale.

The Sudan Appeal signatories will not recognise the outcome of the election, nor the government that will be based on it.

The allied opposition forces, who signed the Sudan Appeal, a political communiqué calling for regime-change, in December last year, have held meetings with US, European, and African officials. They informed them that the Sudanese ruling party needs to be pressured to accept a transitional government, and a no-fly zone in the war-torn regions of Darfur, South Kordofan, and the Blue Nile.

Abdelkader Bensalah, président du Sénat et secrétaire général du RND, vient de lancer, pour la deuxième fois consécutive, une charge contre son allié, le FLN, et égratigne au passage le président du Parlement, Larbi Ould Khelifa, sur la question de la révision de la Constitution. C’est à partir de Médéa où il a rencontré les cadres de son parti que Bensalah a assuré à l’opinion publique qu’aucune formation politique n’a été destinataire d’une quelconque copie relative au projet de révision de la Constitution.

The long-awaited re-amendment of the electoral constituencies law, the last obstacle in the way of Egypt's long-delayed parliamentary polls, was approved by the cabinet on 14 April.

Minister of parliamentary affairs, Ibrahim El-Heneidi, told reporters that he has high hopes that the re-amendment of the law, alongside another two legislations on the house of representatives and the exercise of political rights, will not contradict the new constitution and finally pave the way for the country's long-awaited parliamentary elections.