Elections
MP’s suggestion to extend presidential term to 6 years stirs controversy
Features/Interviews
August 13, 2017
MP’s suggestion to extend presidential term to 6 years stirs controversy
Parliament member Esmail Nasr al-Din recently unveiled a draft law to extend the presidential period from four years to six…
Death toll rises amid Kenya’s rioting over disputed vote
World
August 13, 2017
Death toll rises amid Kenya’s rioting over disputed vote
In an escalation of Kenya’s deadly election violence, police on Saturday fired live ammunition at rioters and used tear gas…
2 killed in Kenya protests after president wins 2nd term
World
August 12, 2017
2 killed in Kenya protests after president wins 2nd term
Kenyan police shot and killed two people during riots by opposition supporters after President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner…
New law for newly-established National Electoral Commission ratified
Egypt
August 7, 2017
New law for newly-established National Electoral Commission ratified
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday ratified a law which stipulates that the National Electoral Commission (NEC) is an independent authority, located…
Kenyans stockpile food, first aid kits ahead of vote
World
August 7, 2017
Kenyans stockpile food, first aid kits ahead of vote
Nervous Kenyans stockpiled food and water on Monday and police prepared emergency aid kits as families headed to their ethnic…
Elections in Kurdish-led areas will not divide Syria: minister
Middle East
August 6, 2017
Elections in Kurdish-led areas will not divide Syria: minister
A senior Syrian government minister on Sunday dismissed as a “joke” plans by the Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria to…
Rwanda’s Kagame wins third presidential term by a landslide
World
August 5, 2017
Rwanda’s Kagame wins third presidential term by a landslide
Incumbent leader Paul Kagame has swept to a landslide victory in Rwanda’s presidential election, results showed early on Saturday, securing…
Kenya election official tortured, murdered days before vote
World
August 1, 2017
Kenya election official tortured, murdered days before vote
Kenyan senior election official Chris Msando was found murdered on Monday, three days after he went missing, poll officials said,…
Pakistan lawmakers set to pick former petroleum minister Abbasi as PM
Middle East
August 1, 2017
Pakistan lawmakers set to pick former petroleum minister Abbasi as PM
Former petroleum minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is poised to become Pakistan’s new prime minister in a parliamentary vote on Tuesday,…
Venezuela Socialists celebrate new Congress
World
July 31, 2017
Venezuela Socialists celebrate new Congress
Venezuela’s ruling Socialist Party has vowed that a newly elected legislative super-body will begin passing laws quickly after a vote…