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Political parties have already started the electoral campaign, although it officially starts on May 22.

In the recent weeks, an intensive campaign is being held by the main political parties with several meetings and rallies during the day throughout Albania.

The media has intensively reflected these electoral activities.

But, the election law which has been approved by the same parties that are violating it, says that the campaign only lasts 30 days and is held up until one day before the elections.

The ultra-Orthodox Shas party signed a coalition agreement with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party on Monday evening, effectively joining the government.

The Sephardic haredi party is the third party to join the fourth Netanyahu government, after Ashkenazi haredi party United Torah Judaism and Moshe Kahlon's Kulanu party joined the coalition on Wednesday. Netanyahu only has Bayit Yehudi leader Naftali Bennett left to recruit, after Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Lieberman announced earlier Monday he would not join the new government.

Turkey’s main opposition party leader has warned citizens against provocations in the run-up to the June 7 parliamentary election, as he indicated he had been informed of the probability of such provocations.

“The [ruling Justice and Development Party] AKP has become more aware that it is losing blood every day. It will resort to all kinds of ways to stay in power, including provocations” said Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the main opposition, social democratic Republican People’s Party (CHP). 

The platform of civil society organizations in Mali, bringing together religious figures, women's organizations and youth associations reiterated during a big meeting held recently in Bamako, the support for Peace and Reconciliation Agreement initialed on 1 March in Algiers.

In the presence of a large crowd, politicians, local personalities and opinion leaders, the various speakers expressed their adherence to the Algiers Agreement, which the formal signing is expected on May 15 in Bamako.

The Sudanese opposition forces agreed to establish a committee for the protection of Darfuri students in Khartoum. Medical doctors will appoint three clinics in the capital where students from Darfur, injured during attacks by student members of the ruling party, can be treated. Members of the Darfur Bar Association, together with a number of other Sudanese lawyers, are ready to provide legal aid.

The Popular Congress Party (PCP) is “still convinced that an internal Sudanese dialogue constitutes the best means to resolve the political crises in the country”.

At a press conference in Khartoum on Sunday, PCP Political Secretary Kamal Abdelsalam, demanded from the National Congress Party (NCP) to provide guarantees to enable the participation of “all opposition forces” in the dialogue, to be held within Sudan.

Le stade atteint dans la structuration de son parti Talaîou El Houriyet (qui tiendra son congrès constitutif les 13 et 14 juin prochain), la liberté de la presse, les scandales de corruption et les procès sont les sujets que l’ancien candidat à l’élection présidentielle du 17 avril 2014, Ali Benflis, a abordés.

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is calling on warring parties in northern Mali to sign a long-awaited peace deal. On a visit to Bamako, he stated that "Spain wants an accord." But last week's skirmishes are raising fears that the Algeria-brokered agreement will collapse.

Hopes that the Malian government and the main armed groups in the north will sign the Algiers Declaration on 15 May, an accord that took months to negotiate, faded with last week's ceasefire violations.