Noticias

The chairman of the Just Peace Forum (JPF), al-Tayeb Mustafa, has announced that the opposition forces participating in the government-led dialogue formed a committee to convince the holdout political forces to join the process.

Mustafa also said the dialogue opposition parties would meet with the government parties soon in order to move the dialogue process forward.

El presidente de Egipto, Abdelfatá al Sisi, ha promulgado este jueves la nueva ley electoral del país, lo que allana el camino a la celebración de unas elecciones parlamentarias que ya han sido aplazadas anteriormente, según ha informado la agencia estatal egipcia de noticias, MENA.

   La nueva legislación otorga 448 escaños a candidatos individuales y 120 escaños a listas, con cuotas a jóvenes, mujeres, cristianos y trabajadores. La ley anterior contemplaba 420 escaños para candidatos y 120 para listas.

President of the Egyptian Patriotic Movement Ahmed Shafiq on Thursday unresigned, and said that he would remain the head of the political party. 

In a statement released on Thursday afternoon, Shafiq however said that he would make "fundamental changes" in the party's leadership in all Egyptian governorates.

 The Sudanese government Thursday rejected a call by the National Umma Party (NUP) leader Sadiq al-Mahdi for a new peace process supported by a resolution from the United Nations Security Council under Chapter Seven.

On Wednesday, al-Mahdi accused the Sudanese government of killing the national dialogue and called on the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union to adopt a news peace process where the mediation is consolidated by including international partners. He also called to empower the mediators to judge the actions of the Sudanese antagonists .

La majorité fait front commun à l’approche des élections régionales et communales de septembre 2015. Abdelilah Benkirane, secrétaire général du Parti de la justice et du développement (PJD), Salaheddine Mezouar, président du Rassemblement national des indépendants (RNI), Mohand Laenser, secrétaire général du Mouvement populaire (MP) et Nabil Benabdallah, secrétaire général du Parti du progrès et du socialisme (PPS), se sont réunis le 7 juillet à Rabat pour présenter leur stratégie commune en préparation de l’échéance électorale de septembre.

foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour reiterated his rejection for external intervention in Sudan’s affairs and praised the role of the African Union mediation in this respect, while the leader of the opposition National Umma Party Sadiq al-Mahdi called on the African Union to support the involvement of the international community to achieve peace in the country.

El Gobierno de Egipto estudiará las enmiendas presentadas por los redactores jefes de los principales periódicos del país sobre el nuevo proyecto de ley antiterrorista, anunció hoy el titular egipcio de Justicia, Ahmed al Zand.

Al Zand, citado por la agencia oficial de noticias Mena, señaló que el primer ministro egipcio, Ibrahim Mehleb, mantuvo hoy una reunión con esos profesionales y con miembros del sindicato de prensa, tras la que aceptó estudiar sus propuestas en el marco de la determinación de los periodistas y del Gobierno de proteger la seguridad nacional.

The assembly of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity, Republika Srpska, will hold a special session next week to vote on holding a referendum challenging the authority of Bosnia’s High Representative and the state judicial institutions.

The session was requested by the Republika Srpska President, Milorad Dodik, who is launching the initiative for the second time in four years.

International officials, local experts as well as Bosnian Serb opposition parties have condemned the plan.

A number of Egypt's political forces have declared their support for the journalist syndicate in rejecting a new counter-terrorism draft law soon set to be passed in the country.

The press syndicate has said that the new law, if passed, will trample on press freedoms and enable the authorities to censor the media.