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 Any peaceful demonstration or protest “is contrary to the provisions imposed by the state of emergency,” Minister of the Interior Najem Gharsalli said on Tuesday.

Among the security measures recently adopted, there is the closure until September 14 of Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis city center.

This decision “has no relation with the national march scheduled for September 12 to protest against the economic reconciliation bill,” stressed the Minister of the Interior on the sidelines of the meeting of the national committee for disaster reduction.

Abu Dhabi: Scores of the 341 candidates running in the Federal National Council (FNC) elections started their campaigns across the UAE yesterday (Tuesday), bidding to win one of the 20 seats available.

The other 20 seats of the UAE’s unicameral house will be filled by Their Highnesses the Supreme Council Members and Rulers of the Emirates.

The hopefuls were promoting their credentials through billboard and newspaper advertising and press conferences, with many of them embracing the trend by using social media networks including Facebook and Twitter.

Les femmes seront plus représentées dans les conseils communaux  après le scrutin pour les communales le 4 septembre dernier. Elles ont remporté 6 673 sièges , soit presque le double du nombre de sièges décrochés lors du scrutin de 2009, selon des données du ministère de l’Intérieur. En 2009, 3 406 femmes avaient été élues sur un total de 20 458 candidates.  Une avancée jugée cependant «lente» selon Khadija Rouissi la députée du PAM (parti authenticité et modernité).

“Stepped up efforts are made to establish the national anti-torture authority before the end of 2015, which would make Tunisia the first Arab country and the fourth in Africa to set up such a structure, said President of the Electoral Committee at the House of People’s Representatives (HPR) Badreddine Abdelkefi.

Le duel entre le parti de la Lampe et le PAM s'annonce décisif à un an d'un scrutin qui promet d'être serré.

Morocco's Islamist party dominated this North African kingdom's urban areas in local elections, but trailed in total seats behind two parties with strong backing in the countryside, according to final results announced Saturday.

The elections were seen as an important test of the popularity of the Islamist-led government which came to power after the pro-democracy demonstrations of the 2011 Arab Spring and face new parliamentary elections next year.

JEDDAH: The country’s newly elected municipal councils should have a say in selecting mayors and secretaries general of cities, participants at a Municipal Councils Forum suggested on Thursday.
They proposed that the councils should compile a list of nominees and send it to the Municipal and Rural Affairs Ministry for approval, a local publication reported.
Meanwhile, the participants suggested that the ministry work out a mechanism to monitor the performance of council members, to ensure they fulfill their mandate.

Morocco's Islamist party has dominated urban areas in local elections, but lost out in total seats to a liberal opposition party in local polls, preliminary results suggest.

With 81 percent of ballots counted on Saturday, the Party of Authenticity and Modernity took 20 percent of votes, translating into 5,064 seats. The ruling Justice and Development Party got 17 percent of the votes, winning control of councils in the main cities of Casablanca, Tangiers, Rabat, Fez and Agadir.