First Independent Mena Newspaper
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 North African country as a way out of chaos. The meeting in the French capital is likely to take place on May 29, Reuters reports citing three unnamed European diplomats. […]
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 with exiled members of outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. The former member of the Islamist movement has been remanded in prison since his arrest last week upon his return from London. Security […]
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 country is not ready for democracy and that he would overrun the country should reconciliation and proposed elections fail to go rightly. Jeffrey Feltman was in Tripoli Thursday where he […]
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 to mark the end of the transitional government and make room for elected institutions. UN Special Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salamé has tendered to the UN Security Council an action […]
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 “the time has come for unity and salvaging our nation.” In a televised speech broadcast over the weekend, Serraj said he was presenting his “vision and proposals for the next […]
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 Government, Abdelilah Benkirane, after he failed in his task to lead negotiations to form a new cabinet. Benkirane will be replaced by another personality chosen by the King from the […]
State subsidies represent 90% of the resources of Moroccan political parties in 2015, the court of accounts said. The total financial resources of political parties in 2015 stood at 375.46 million dirhams, compared to 91 million dirhams in 2014 and 88 million dirhams in 2013, the court said in recent audit reports. The growth of […]
Contrary to what the adversaries of Morocco’s territorial integrity claim, international observers expressed satisfaction with regard to the smooth conduct of legislative elections in the southern Provinces, the Sahara, which registered the highest turnout rate at the national level. This high turnout in the southern provinces evidences the inhabitants’ involvement in their country’s political life […]
Mauritania’s main opposition parties have boycotted President Ould Abdel Aziz’s call for national inclusive dialogue, which they believe is a covert agenda to maintain the Mauritania President in power after he reaches constitutional term limit. The 10-day dialogue, opened on Thursday, has lost, according to main opposition figures, its credibility as the political parties opposed […]
A Moroccan inventor has come up with a voting machine to replace traditional ballot papers and boxes, reports say. Anis Karama, a young engineer, graduate from the Hassan I University (Settat), who is the initiator of the invention, said the machine uses the same pattern as ATM machines used in banks. In an interview with […]