Chabat, who was a guest to MAP Forum on Tuesday, cited, particularly increase of water and electricity bills decided by the government and its failure to solve the unemployment problem.

He added that his party is seriously preparing for the upcoming elections, particularly by visiting all regions of Morocco, and voiced satisfaction at the large number of new memberships to the IP (10,000 new members each month).

Los comicios presidenciales y legislativos arrancaron hoy en Sudán con el presidente del país, Omar Hasan al Bachir, como favorito indiscutible a la jefatura de Estado y en medio del boicot de los principales partidos de la oposición.

Hoy tiene lugar la primera de las tres jornadas que durará la votación, en la que están llamados a las urnas 13,3 millones de electores en los 18 estados del país.

Most of the polling stations, which opened their doors at 8am this morning, remained empty throughout the day, amid a widespread boycott by opposition parties and civil society organisations.

Sources in the five states of Darfur; South, North, and West Kordofan; River Nile state and Northern State; El Gezira and White Nile  in central Sudan, and in eastern Sudan reported to Radio Dabanga that the turnout was extremely low during the first day of voting.

The African Union (AU) launched its election monitoring in Sudan on 10 April with the deployment of 20 short-term observers from 14 African countries, representing institutions such as the Pan-African Parliament, Election Management Bodies, and civil society organisations.

The observers were deployed in teams of two to cover seven states in the country, the AU Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) said in its arrival statement today.

Et voilà qu'il est question d’un nouveau report des élections pour cause de menaces terroristes qui viseraient des acteurs politiques. Ou serait-ce le climat délétère entre rivaux politiques qui en serait la cause ? Al Akhbar a recueilli les réactions des uns et des autres.

El Tribunal Penal de Giza, en El Cairo, ha ratificado este sábado, tras recibir confirmación del gran muftí Ibrahim Abdel Karim Allam, el principal intérprete de la ley islámica del país, la sentencia de muerte promulgada el pasado 16 de marzo contra el líder de Hermanos Musulmanes, Mohamed Badie, y otros 13 integrantes de la cúpula de la ilegalizada organización, por incitar a la violencia.

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) officially launched its campaign for the June 7 general elections on April 11, holding its first rally in Istanbul.

Speaking at the rally, CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said his party is ready to solve all the problems Turkey is facing.

“The people are tired, the people had enough,” Kılıçdaroğlu told thousands of CHP supporters who gathered in the Kartal district on the Anatolian side for the “We applaud as a nation” rally.

Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has spoken out against President Ashraf Ghani's approach to electoral reform, calling the commission he formed last month a violation of the national unity government agreement.

The Chief Executive's office on Saturday said that the work of the electoral reform commission will not start until the commission is formed according to the political agreement made during the creation of the national unity government.