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Mali: le nouveau gouvernement ouvre-t-il la voie à une vraie décrispation politique?

May 09 2019
Mali
Source: 
jeuneafrique

Révision constitutionnelle, situation sécuritaire, dialogue avec les syndicats de la fonction publique… Le nouveau gouvernement malien réussira-t-il là où les précédents ont échoué? L’ouverture, symbolisée par l’entrée de deux opposants dans le gouvernement, suffira-t-elle à décrisper la situation politique?

Ousted Istanbul mayor says election re-run a battle for democracy

May 09 2019
Turkey
Source: 
REUTERS

Istanbul’s ousted mayor says he will go into battle for Turkish democracy next month when he stands in a re-run of an election he thought had granted him the city to govern for five years.

Ekrem Imamoglu is confident he will win again on June 23, despite what he calls the theft of the narrow victory he won in March over President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party, but for him there are also bigger issues at stake.

Algérie: Louisa Hanoune incarcérée dans l’enquête sur Saïd Bouteflika et les généraux Toufik et Tartag

May 09 2019
Algeria
Source: 
jeuneafrique

La secrétaire générale du Parti des travailleurs (PT), Louisa Hanoune, a été placée jeudi 9 mai sous mandat de dépôt par le tribunal militaire de Blida. Elle avait répondu le matin à une convocation du juge d’instruction dans le cadre de l'enquête pour « complot » impliquant Saïd Bouteflika et les généraux Toufik et Tartag.

Louisa Hanoune placée sous mandat de dépôt

May 09 2019
Algeria
Source: 
D'Algerie

Louisa Hanoune, secrétaire générale du parti des Travailleurs (PT) a été placée, ce jeudi 9 mai, sous mandat de dépôt par le procureur du tribunal militaire de Blida et transférée à la prison civile de Blida. «Louisa Hanoune est arrêtée pour ses positions politiques. Un communiqué de presse sera publié dans un petit moment », a dénoncé le PT dans un message sur sa page Facebook.
Louisa Hanoune, avait été convoquée, ce jeudi 9 mai, par le procureur du tribunal militaire de Blida, a annoncé l’ENTV en diffusant ses images lors de son arrivée au tribunal militaire.

Moad Bouchareb: le chute est imminente!

May 09 2019
Algeria
Source: 
CAP

Boycotté par son propre groupe parlementaire et poussé vers la sortie par son parti, le FLN, Moad Bouchareb risque de chuter. Ses jours au perchoir de l'ANP seraient comptés. Sa démission n'est qu'une question de jours, voire d'heures. Après avoir été boudé, hier mercredi, lors de la séance parlementaire commémorant les massacres du 8 mai 1945, Bouchareb subir une nouvelle attaque. Cette fois-ci, ce sont les trois vice-présidents de l'Assemblée appartenant au FLN et les trois vice-présidents de commissions permanentes détenues par le même parti qui contesten la présidence à Moad Bouchareb.

Soudan : les militaires accusés de retarder le transfert du pouvoir

May 08 2019
Sudan
Source: 
Jeune Afrique avec AFP

Les leaders de la contestation au Soudan ont accusé les généraux de chercher à retarder la transition du pouvoir vers le civil, et menacé de lancer un mouvement national de "désobéissance".

« Les formes de l’escalade sont (déjà) définies : poursuivre les sit-in et préparer un mouvement de désobéissance civile », a déclaré à la presse mercredi 8 mai l’un de ces leaders, Khaled Omar Youssef.

Il a jugé « décevantes » les réponses des généraux aux propositions de son groupe et estimé qu’elles risquaient de plonger le pays dans une « situation dangereuse ».

Turkey’s opposition seeks cancellation of 2018 elections

May 08 2019
Turkey
Source: 
The Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s main opposition party on Wednesday appealed to the country’s top electoral body to annul local election results in Istanbul’s 39 districts, as well as last year’s presidential and parliamentary results, after the authority annulled the opposition’s victory in Istanbul’s mayoral race and ordered a new vote.

Tunisie – UPL : Samira Chaouachi démissionne du parti

May 08 2019
Tunisia
Source: 
Tunisie Numerique

La Secrétaire Générale du parti UPL, Samira Chaouachi a annoncé, ce mercredi, qu’elle démissionnait de son poste de Secrétaire Générale et de toutes les instances du parti. Elle n’a pas donné les raisons de sa démission, mais a annoncé qu’elle n’intégrera plus aucun parti politique, assurant vouloir rester indépendante.

Brazil court orders release of businessman accused by Ankara of terrorism

May 08 2019
Turkey
Source: 
FRANCE 24

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court ordered Tuesday the release of a Brazil-based Turkish businessman who was arrested over links to US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen.

Ali Sipahi, a restaurant owner in Sao Paulo who has lived in Brazil for 12 years, faces charges in Ankara of belonging to a "terrorist organization" involved in the failed coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in July 2016, Brazil's Supreme Court said.

Sudan protesters threaten civil disobedience after army delays

May 08 2019
Sudan
Source: 
Business Standard

Sudanese protest leaders on Wednesday threatened to launch a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience after accusing the country's military rulers of delaying the transfer of power to a civilian administration.

Thousands of people remain camped outside the military headquarters in Khartoum nearly four weeks after the armed forces toppled autocratic president Omar al-Bashir as demanded by a months-long protest movement.

Yemen government accuses UAE of landing separatists on remote island

May 08 2019
Yemen
Source: 
euronews

The Yemeni government has accused the United Arab Emirates of landing around 100 separatist troops on a remote island in the Arabian Sea this week, deepening a rift between nominal allies in Yemen's war.

The UAE is one of the Arab countries fighting formally on behalf of Yemen's internationally recognized government against the Iran-aligned Houthi movement that controls the capital.

But the UAE has had a tense relationship with the government and has recruited thousands of fighters from a movement of southern separatists who have clashed with government troops.

Maroc: le PAM avance la date de son « congrès de la dernière chance »

May 07 2019
Morocco
Source: 
Jeune Afrique

À l'issue d'un conseil national houleux, le Parti authenticité et modernité (PAM), première formation d'opposition, a décidé d'avancer de plusieurs mois la date de son congrès. Objectif : resserrer les rangs pour pouvoir peser lors des élections de 2021.

C’est sans la présidente Fatima-Zahra Mansouri que le conseil national du Parti authenticité et modernité (PAM) a tenu sa 24e session, dimanche 5 mai, au Palais des congrès de Salé. Une absence qui a donné lieu à un incident qui en dit long sur la division qui règne au sein de cette formation politique.

Erdogan defends Istanbul election re-run

May 07 2019
Turkey
Source: 
SOCIALNEWS.XYZ

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday defended the controversial decision to re-run local and mayoral elections in Istanbul, claiming there were "irregularities" in the voting process against his ruling Justice and Development (AKP) party.

In the March 31 vote that was seen as a referendum on Erdogan's popularity, the social democrat Republican People's Party (CHP), Turkey's main opposition, narrowly won the race for Mayor in Istanbul, ostensibly bringing an end to 25 years of AKP dominance in the city.

It had also won in Ankara.

Turkish opposition confident of winning Istanbul poll re-run, lira sinks again

May 07 2019
Turkey
Source: 
REUTERS

Turkey’s main opposition party said on Tuesday its candidate for Istanbul mayor would again contest and win the post, after the election board ordered a re-run of the city election in a ruling that has spooked investors and drawn European criticism.

President Tayyip Erdogan had pushed hard for the re-run after his ruling AK Party (AKP) lost control of Turkey’s biggest city in the March 31 poll and he welcomed the High Election Board’s (YSK) decision. But one opposition leader compared it to a “civilian coup” and Germany urged Ankara to respect democracy.

Sudan's military rulers respond on constitutional document: opposition spokesman

May 07 2019
Sudan
Source: 
REUTERS

The main group spearheading protests in Sudan said on Tuesday that the country’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) had responded to its plans for an interim government structure, and it would announce its position once it had studied the reply.

Protesters whose months of street demonstrations helped force longtime President Omar al-Bashir from office last month have kept up their demands for change, calling on the military officers who took over to hand over power to civilians.

Elections 2018 were most transparent: CEC

May 07 2019
Pakistan
Source: 
THE NATION

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of Pakistan Sardar Raza Khan on Monday said that general elections 2018 were the most transparent elections held in the history of Pakistan as we received only 500 complaints against the results. He said this while addressing the oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected Cabinet of the Haripur Bar Club. Sardar Raza Khan further said that to bring more transparency in the electoral process we are using modern technology and to address the voters grievances we will also introduce electronic voting machines.

Turkey orders new election for Istanbul Mayor, in setback for opposition

May 06 2019
Turkey
Source: 
NYT

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s electoral authorities on Monday ordered a rerun of the race for mayor of Istanbul, wiping away a crushing defeat for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan but heightening the prospect of social unrest and a new economic crisis.

The opposition party immediately condemned the decision as a blow to the democratic foundations of the country, which has seen an increasingly authoritarian drift under Mr. Erdogan’s 18 years in power.

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