Tag: constitution
Traoré appointed Burkina Faso’s president amid concerns he could ally with Russia
Captain Ibrahim Traoré was appointed president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday (5 October), less than a week after the latest coup that deposed Damiba amid ... Read More
Odinga slams Kenya’s presidential election result as “travesty”
Kenyan presidential elections constituted "a travesty and a blatant disregard of the Constitution," Kenyan opposition figure Raila Odinga said and added that he would challenge ... Read More
Tunisia puts referendum turnout at 27.5 per cent
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 ... Read More
Tunisians go to the polls to decide over new Constitution
Voting centers in Tunisia have opened early today July 25 for a national referendum on a new Constitution pushed by incumbent President Kais Saied while ... Read More
Tunisia slaps $16,000-fine on Al Jazeera for publishing 25 July referendum opinion poll results
HAICA, Tunisia’s media watchdog, has fined Qatar based al Jazeera with around $16,300 fine for publishing 25 July referendum opinion poll results that the institution ... Read More
Tunisia: New Constitution does not mention Islam as state religion
Tunisian President Kais Saied confirmed on Tuesday that Islam will not be listed as the "State religion" in the new Constitution he will put to ... Read More
Tunisia expels Venice Commission members over report on constitutional referendum
The Tunisian President Kais Saied Monday expelled members of the Venice Commission after the advisory body of the Council of Europe issued Friday a report ... Read More
U.S defends UN advisor against accusation of showing bias by Abdulhamid Dbeibeh cabinet
The US embassy in Libya Thursday rallied behind U.N. Advisor Stephanie Williams after spokesman of Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh cabinet accused her of being biased ... Read More
Lieutenant-Colonel Damiba invested “president” of Burkina Faso
Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was sworn in as president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday by the Constitutional Council, three weeks after taking power in ... Read More
Saad Eddine El Othmani to Lead Negotiations to End Post-Electoral Deadlock
King Mohammed VI appointed Saad Eddine El Othmani, President of the national council of the Party for Justice and Development, Head of Government in place ... Read More