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  • Algeria: Parliamentarians to Vote On Draft Revised Constitution

    ALGIERS, 2016/02/09 The draft constitutional revision, initiated by President of the Republic, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, will be submitted Sunday to a vote by the two Parliament Houses, to sit in appropriate session at the Palais des Nations in Algiers. The parliament will have to vote on the draft Constitution in its entirety, which contains 74 amendments and 38 new articles. The voting plenary session will be chaired by Abdelkader Bensalah, Chairman of the Council of the Country, in his capacity as President of Parliament, in accordance with the law establishing the organization and functioning of both Houses of Parliament.

  • The new trend in sub-Saharan African politics is sidestepping constitutionally mandated term limits.

    CONGO BRAZZAVILLE, 2016/01/30 While military takeovers are the exception these days, this year at least seven nations across the region will see leaders attempting to remain in office beyond their term limits. Neighbours Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are part them. However their presidents’ strategies have diverged, as have the outcomes. Whether the DRC’s president Joseph Kabila will remain or leave office from presently on year’s presidential election is a constant source of speculation in DRC’s political circles. His refusal to clearly national his intentions along with an insistence on measures such as local elections to delay the 2016 elections have been dubbed ‘Glissement’ – or slippage – by the opposition. They worry he will use delaying tactics to make his third term a de facto reality.

  • 15 candidates approved for Niger presidential race

    NIGER, 2016/01/12 Niger's constitutional court has approved 15 candidates for next month's presidential election, the interior ministry announced Saturday, inclunding imprisoned opposition figure Hama Amadou. Incumbent Mahamadou Issoufou, elected in 2011, is seeking an extra term and will as well be up against chief opposition leader Seini Oumarou, former president Mahamane Ousmane and ex-planning minister Amadou Boubacar Cisse, part others.

  • Tunisia: Cabinet Reshuffle - New Line-Up of Essid's Government

    TUNISIA, 2016/01/11 Prime Minister Habib Essid has decided a Cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday evening. Here is the line-up of Habib Essid's Cabinet after this reshuffle: Minister of Justice: Omar Mansour,

  • Can Egypt's new parliament review 330 laws in 15 days?

    EGYPT, 2016/01/10 This will be the initial time the country’s legislators have convened in additional than two years. The previous parliament was dissolved in July 2013 following the ouster of former President Mohammed Morsi. Next the heat of recent parliamentary elections and controversy over parliament’s formation, it may be engaging to observe the 596 members try to reach consensus on additional than 330 laws.Bureaucratic proceedings have been known to induce stupors, but things could get interesting after Egypt’s newly elected MPs take their oath of office Jan. 10 Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/01/egypt-parliament-review-laws-controversy.html#ixzz3wp7g7z4W  

  • Can Egypt's new parliament review 330 laws in 15 days?

    EGYPT, 2016/01/10 This will be the initial time the country’s legislators have convened in additional than two years. The previous parliament was dissolved in July 2013 following the ouster of former President Mohammed Morsi. Next the heat of recent parliamentary elections and controversy over parliament’s formation, it may be engaging to observe the 596 members try to reach consensus on additional than 330 laws.Bureaucratic proceedings have been known to induce stupors, but things could get interesting after Egypt’s newly elected MPs take their oath of office Jan. 10 Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/01/egypt-parliament-review-laws-controversy.html#ixzz3wp7g7z4W  

  • Africa's election year 2015: A long way to democracy?

    AFRICA, 2016/01/07 For the initial time in Nigeria's history, a sitting president was defeated and accepted the outcome of the election. He later willingly handed over power to his major rival. In this case it was Goodluck Jonathan handing over power to Muhammadu Buhari. Six months later it was Burkina Faso's turn to elect its new leader. Voters endured long queues at polling stations to elect a new leader, knowing that this time their vote counted, unlike in the completed three decades under Blaise Compaore's policy at the same time as the results were long certain.

  • Ivory Coast's prime minister and government resign

    ABIDJAN, 2016/01/07 Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan submitted his and his government's resignation on Wednesday, as the country's president pushes for reforms in the West African country. "At the last 2015 cabinet conference on December 23 you expressed your wish to inject a new dynamic into government action," Duncan told President Alassane Ouattara before what was meant to be the initial cabinet conference of the year. "In view of this, and as you embark on your second term, I would like, as tradition demands, to present to you my resignation as prime minister."

  • Sebestien Ajavon, announced on Sunday he would run for president in an election scheduled for February

    BENIN, 2016/01/06 A prominent Benin businessman, Sebestien Ajavon, announced on Sunday he would run for president in an election scheduled for February in the tiny West African national that borders Nigeria. President Thomas Boni Yayi has led the cotton-producing country since 2006. He is barred under the country's constitution from standing for a third term and the election is considered wide open. "I dream of a Benin that smiles and that's why I invite us to turn resolutely toward a clear next," he told a rally at Mathieu Kerekou stadium, which holds 35,000 and was nearly filled to capacity.

  • Niger's electoral register is good enough to enable the country to go ahead

    NIGER, 2016/01/06 Niger's electoral register is good enough to enable the country to go ahead with an election on Feb. 21 as long as certain changes are made, the International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF) said in a statement on Monday. The changes include getting rid of around 300 'ghost' polling stations and 25,000 voters who have been counted twice, said the organization. President Mahamadou Issoufou is running for a second term and is favorite to win but critics say he has become increasingly authoritarian and has unleashed a campaign of repression before the polls.
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