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Tag: Elections
Mauritania: Campaigning Kicks off in Run-up to Polls
Electoral campaigns have started across Mauritania as politicians seek to woo 1.4 million voters in the upcoming parliamentary and municipal polls slated for Sept. 1. ... Read More
Libya: Pro-Haftar Hopefuls Receiving UAE’s Financial Support
Emirati authorities have been funding Libyan potential candidates, known as close to eastern warlord Khalifa Haftar, in December 10 presidential and parliamentarian elections. Libyan top ... Read More
Members of Mauritania’s Largest Slave Abolitionist Group to Run for Elections
After years of fighting for their rights despite crackdown and imprisonment, members of Mauritania’s leading anti-slavery NGO, the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) are ... Read More
Libya: Political Protagonists Agree to Hold Elections Dec. 10
Stakeholders in the Libyan conflict agreed Tuesday in Paris to hold elections on December 10 as France and UN push to end seven years of ... Read More
France to Stage Libyan Summit as Push for Elections
Libyan factions are likely to be invited in the French capital late this month as France seeks to secure holding of elections in the conflict-torn ... Read More
Egypt: Opposition figure, former MB listed as terrorist
Recently arrested opposition figure Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh has appeared on authorities’ backlist of terrorists after the ministry of interior accused him of fostering ties ... Read More
Libya: UN Reaffirms Commitment to Democratic Elections
UN Under-Secretary for Political Affairs has underlined the world body’s commitment to democratic elections in Libya, after field Marshal Khalifa Haftar declared that the oil-rich ... Read More
Libya: Voter registration process kicks off
The Libyan High National Elections Commission (HNEC) announced Wednesday the beginning of the voter registration process in view of preparing next year crucial elections said ... Read More
Libya: PM Serraj Proposes Elections in 2018 to End Crisis
Prime Minister-designate Fayez al-Serraj of the UN-backed Government of National Accord has revealed plans for presidential and parliamentary elections in 2018 as he stated that ... Read More
Morocco’s King to Replace Benkirane with another Figure from PJD to End Post-election Deadlock
After a deadlock in forming a new government that lasted more than five months, King Mohammed VI decided to dismiss the designated Head of the ... Read More