It is time for Afghan women to put an end to the historic deprivations of their rights and play a more significant role in the society, second vice president to Zalmai Rasoul Habiba Sarabi said on Thursday at a gathering for the International Women’s Day. Additionally, the first vice president to Mr. Rasoul Ahmad Zia Masoud called on women to take a stand in defense of their rights.
A mi-mandat de l’exécutif et à quelques semaines de la rentrée parlementaire, la majorité gouvernementale prépare son bilan, recadre son programme et amende sa Charte.
C’est dans ce sens que la commission en charge de la révision du programme gouvernemental, créée en vertu d'une décision de la présidence de la coalition gouvernementale, a annoncé, jeudi 6 mars dans un communiqué, avoir finalisé le projet des priorités de ce programme et celui d'amendement de la Charte de la majorité.
Nine hundred provincial council candidates submitted incomplete educational documents to election officials and 400 do have credentials whatsoever, the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) said Wednesday.
ECC officials reported the figures midway through the public documentation review they began this week to verify provincial council candidates were eligible for the elections.
A meeting with participation from intellectuals, politicians, spiritual leaders and other community was held today in Baidoa, the provincial capital city of Bay region where they supported the government’s decision on creation of the South-Western state.
Furthermore, the participants urged the citizens in the South-Western state of Somalia to support the state formation on the 3 regions of Bay, Bakool & Lower Shabelle.
Qayoum Karzai on Thursday officially ended his bid for the presidency and threw his support behind former Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul.
Qayoum Karzai - brother of current Afghan president Hamid Karzai - said that he took the decision after consultations with the representatives of twenty-eight provinces.
He asked the people for preservation of the achievements of the past 12 years and to vote consciously in upcoming election, due to be held in April.
El presidente de Túnez y comandante en jefe de sus fuerzas armadas, Moncef Marzouki, ha comunicado que se levanta la situación de estado de emergencia que se ha vivido en el país desde hace tres años, los 37 meses transcurridos desde el inicio de la primavera árabe. El estado de emergencia fue declarado en Túnez el 15 de enero de 2011, al día siguiente del derrocamiento del anterior presidene, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, y de que éste dejara precipitadamente el país en un vuelo camino de París. El comunicado oficial se ha conocido hoy pero tiene vigencia desde el día 5 de marzo.
Il est prévu que le Conseil national du parti au pouvoir, Union pour la République (UPR), tient un congrès extraordinaire ce mercredi soir au Centre international des conférences de Nouakchott.
Du 15 au 21 février dernier, une délégation de l’Assemblée nationale a participé à la 9ème conférence de l’Upci (Union des parlements des Etats membres de l’OCI) en Iran. La moisson fut fructueuse pour la délégation malienne car ils ont pu décrocher des postes et avoir l’organisation de la 10ème conférence de l’Upci qui se tiendra au Mali l’année prochaine. A leur retour, le premier secrétaire parlementaire, l’Honorable Moussa Timbiné explique les objectifs de ladite conférence. Lisez !
The centre-left coalition has expressed dissatisfaction with consultations held with President Bujar Nishani over an appointment to the Supreme Court.
After meeting Nishani to discuss the replacement of outgoing high court judge Ardian Dvorani, the head of the Socialist parliamentary group, Gramoz Ruci, said the consultation process was a purely "formal" matter and not in accordance with the law.
Amid talk of a third, Croat entity in Bosnia, a Bosnian Croat leader has said that another solution would be reorganising the current Federation entity, with its 10 cantons, into three larger units.
Dragan Covic, head of the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, the largest Croat party in Bosnia, said that the Federation entity should be reorganised into three units, which he said would strengthen Bosnia and Herzegovina and prevent its disintegration.
KABUL (Pajhwok): The final result of ongoing negotiations between presidential candidates Abdul Qayum Karzai and Zalmai Rassoul to join forces is expected to be announced tomorrow, an aide to the President Karzai’s older brother said on Wednesday.
Dr. Habibi, who campaigns for Qayum, confirmed to Pajhwok the negotiations were ongoing between their leader and Rassoul, a former foreign minister. He said the final decision on making an alliance between the two was expected to be announced on Thursday.
Members of the Somali Parliament of the Federal government of Somalia have welcomed the official decision made by the government on the various rival conferences going on in Baidoa, one of them that have already been concluded.
Mr Macalin Jiis, one of the MP’s commented to Radio Shabelle in Mogadishu that the government is supporting the right path for federalism which in this case is the formation of the 3 region statebeing created in Baidoa.
Addressing his supporters in the eastern province of Takhar on Wednesday, Presidential Candidate Ashraf-Ghani-Ahmadzai discussed the issue of good governance and pledged to ensure the construction of a power generation dam on Kakcha River.
"We will seriously work on good governance,” Ghani said.
Ghani's First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostom expressed his gratitude to his supporters and asked them to largely cast votes in the elections.
Tension between the Puntland state and Mudug region increased significantly after a political fallout.
This disagreement became officially known after armed gunmen in Galmudug’s southern Galkacyo assailed to kill and injure people from the west of Galkacyo in Puntland.
These gunmen have killed up to 2 people and injured at least another 2 according to a statement to the media by an official named Abdi Kafi who accused the perpetrators of Galmudug.
In a gathering held on Wednesday, residents of Kabul's Deh Sabz district, announced their support for the candidacy of Abdullah Abdullah in the forthcoming presidential elections scheduled to take place on April 5, 2014.
Addressing the gathering, Abdullah argued that if the Mujahideen were part of the current political system, the security scenario of Afghanistan would have been much better and there would have been no need for the presence of international forces in the country.
A huge occasion to handover the official title of the ‘Governor of Banaadir & Mayor of Mogadishu’ was held today in Mogadishu with various speeches from the ex-Governor of Banaadir, Mahamud Ahmed Nuur Tarsan, the new Governor of Banaadir and the Minister of Interior of the Somali government.
First to speak was Mahamud Ahmed Nuur Tarsan, the ex-Governor of Banaadir & Mayor of Mogadishu who gave a recount of all the projects and schemes he had implemented during his time as mayor and described that the instilled new changes in the districts of Banaadir.
The Hezb-e-Islami Shura Alliance announced its support for Presidential Candidate Zalmay Rassoul on wednesday. Head of Hezb-e-Islami Shura Alliance emphasized on ending corruption and poverty and addressing the issue of terrorism.
“From now on, we are with Zalmay Rassoul and will work for his success,” a prominent member of Hezb-e_Islami Shura Alliance Waheedullah Sabawoon said.
The Hezb-e-Islami Shura Alliance is mostly consisted of the members of Hezb-e-Islami who have separated from the leadership of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan.
The next government should ensure women's larger presence in the government and recognize the importance of women's role in the peace negotiation process, chairperson of Parliamentary Commission on Women's Affairs said on Wednesday in a forum for civil institutions and presidential candidates.
Presidential candidates highlighted women’s contribution in restoration of peace and security in the country and stated that women's rights be institutionalized in the country.
The winner of the Democratic Party’s presidential convention would be announced in May, a few weeks after the April 9 legislative election, due to changes in the convention’s itinerary, secretary of the convention’s committee, Lt. Gen. (ret) Suaidi Marasabessy, said on Wednesday.
The committee previously planned to wrap up the convention and announce the results by the end of April. But a new plan was forwarded by the committee to hold an additional one or two public debates after the election, Suaidi said.
