The new personal envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Sahara, Horst Köhler, will be visiting Tindouf on October 18-19, reported the Moroccan news portal le360 on Friday. The announcement was made by the Polisario Front, said the portal, adding that the UN Official is also expected in Rabat, Algiers and Nouakchott. Horst Köhler, […]
Voters in Gabon are awaiting results from Saturday’s (26 August) triple election — in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba is seeking a third term after taking office in 2009 — but that were marred by delays, internet blockage, and night curfew. The 64-year-old incumbent, whose family has ruled the country for 56 years, is being […]
Tunisia’s independent electoral commission, ISIE, Monday indicated that the turnout for the referendum held the same day on the new constitution, stood at 27.5 per cent. The body’s head Farouk Bouasker, Business News reports, also indicated that only 2,458,985 of 8,929,665 who registered for the referendum casted their votes on the territory. The turnout rate […]
