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Tag: constitution
Togo: political unrest brewing as opposition rejects constitutional reform, calls for protests
Political unrest is brewing in Togo as opposition leaders and activists have called on citizens to protest against a new constitutional reform that could potentially ... Read More
King Mohammed VI: Democracy is a Gradual, Home-Grown Exercise Based on Pluralism and Diversity
King Mohammed VI has affirmed that democracy is not a ready-made recipe; nor is it a model to be imported but it is a gradual, ... Read More
Chad: experts slam new junta-backed constitution as part of Deby’s ‘long-term power play’
86% of Chadians have voted in favor of a controversial new draft constitution, the government commission that organized it has announced, despite resistance from critics ... Read More
Guinea-Bissau: president dissolves parliament after ‘coup attempt’, fresh elections planned
Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has dissolved the nation’s opposition-dominated parliament ahead of fresh elections and shortly after armed clashes in the capital Bissau that ... Read More
Malian transition leaders postponed sine die next year presidential elections
Mali's Government in power since May 2021 following a second coup announced Monday September 25 the delay sine die the scheduled February 2024 presidential elections, ... Read More
Junta in Guinea calls for three political parties in new Constitution
The junta in power in Guinea has proposed the limitation of political parties to three as part of its proposals for a new Constitution. Brigadier-general ... Read More
CAR leader announces constitutional referendum
Faustin-Archange Touadéra, President the Central African Republic (CAR) announced Tuesday a referendum for a new Constitution. “I have therefore decided, after consultation with the President ... Read More
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