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UN: Ansar Al-Sharia responsible for catalogue of terror attacks
Ansar Al-Sharia in Derna and Benghazi have planned and carried out a series of terrorist attacks and played a pivotal role in extremist networks stretching from Iraq and Syria to Mali, the United Nations has said.
Electoral reforms: Panel recommends more powers for ECP
After months of wrangling, a parliamentary panel on electoral reforms on Tuesday agreed to hand over administrative control to the top poll supervisory body over returning officers (RO), polling staff and on duty security personnel.
In its meeting, the sub-committee on electoral reforms proposed amendments in the election laws, empowering the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to have control over polling officials.
BREAKING NEWS: UN Security Council rules Ansar a terrorist organisation
Libyan ministers travel to Cairo for help rebuilding state institutions
A delegation of Libyan ministers headed by Deputy Prime Minister for Security Affairs Al-Mahdi Hassan Muftah arrived in Cairo yesterday for meetings with Egyptian officials on ways to establish or strengthen state institutions in Libya.
La Tunisie vote dimanche pour sa première présidentielle de l'après-révolution
POLITIQUE - La Tunisie organise dimanche 23 novembre sa première élection présidentielle pluraliste et espère franchir sans accroc cette nouvelle étape de sa transition vers la démocratie, jusqu'ici érigée en exemple par la communauté internationale.
Tunisie: Présidentielle: Mustapha Kamel Nebli se retire de la course
L’ancien gouverneur de la Banque centrale et candidat indépendant à la présidentielle, Mustapha Kamel Nebli, a annoncé, lundi, son retrait de la course.
Intervenu, ce lundi soir en direct sur la chaine Nessma, Mustapha Kamel Nebli a justifié sa décision par son refus de s’inscrire dans une campagne axée sur la division, la violence et l’argent politique.
Tunisie : Hamadi Jebali tacle Essebsi et appelle à lui barrer la route
L’ancien secrétaire général du mouvement Ennahdha, Hamadi Jebali, a appelé à voter pour «un président de la République issu d’un autre rang que celui du parti ayant remporté le scrutin législatif ».
Libyan court rules elected parliament illegal
Libya's highest court has ruled that general elections held in June were unconstitutional and that the country's parliament and government, which resulted from that vote, should be dissolved.
The development further deepened the rift in the politically divided Libya, which has been mired in months-long deadly clashes between armed groups who have been fighting for the control of the oil-rich African nation.
Govt in condundrum after political parties reject proposed names for CEC
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed Federal Information Minister Pervez Rashid to inform and consult various heads of political parties regarding the appointment of the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). But it may not like the answer that it gets.
PTI demand for bio-metric system will further delay local bodies' elections: ECP
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday warned that if the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government remains adamant about its demand for bio-metric systems, then the much-awaited local bodies’ elections will be delayed further.
The local bodies’ elections have been postponed time and time after again since 2009.
ECP expressed its reservations and said if K-P’s fresh legislation will be followed, then elections cannot be held till August/September of 2015.
Republika Srpska Opposition Strikes Back at Ruling Party
The Serb Democratic Party, SDS, which came second in the elections in Republika Srpska last month, has offered cabinet positions to the Socialist Party, SP, in a bid to win its favours from the ruling Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, SNSD.
The SNSD came first in the polls. But both the SNSD and the SDS need the support of smaller parties to help them create a parliamentary majority and form a government in the entity.
Bosnian Serbs, Croats Cement Alliance on Govt
Bosnia's two main Serbian and Croatian parties, the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, SNSD, and the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, agreed in Mostar to join entity and state-level governments together. They said they now seek a partner among the Bosniaks.
At a meeting on October 30 held in the HDZ's headquarters, SNSD president Milorad Dodik and the HDZ's Dragan Covic agreed on the formation of new governments and invited Bosnia's main Bosniak party, the Party of Democratic Action, SDA, and others, to join them.
The ISIE announces the results of the legislative elections
The ISIE announces the results of the legislative elections
Tunis, 30 October 2014 – The ISIE has announced this Thursday at 02.00 AM the preliminary election results for the 2014 legislative elections. The announcement has been made in presence of numerous media representatives and observers.
Based on the announced election results, the 217 seats at the Assembly of the People’s Representatives have been allocated as follows:
1 Nidaa Tounes 85
2 Ennahda 69
3 Free Patriotic Union 16
4 Popular Front 15
5 Afek Tounes 8
6 Others 24
Tunisie. Les femmes élues à l'Assemblée des représentants du peuple
L'ISIE a communiqué les résultats préliminaires des élections législatives dans la nuit du mercredi au jeudi 30 octobre.
Parmi les 217 élus, 68 sont des femmes contre 149 hommes, soit une représentation légèrement inférieure au tiers (31,3%).
35 ont été élues sur les listes de Nida Tounes, 27 Ennahdha, 2 UPL, 2 Front populaire, 1 Courant démocratique et 1 Courant de l'Amour.
Ça se précise. Des résultats préliminaires de 25 circonscriptions
Qui sont les 217 nouveaux députés qui composeront le nouveau Parlement?
Au lendemain du vote pour les élections législatives, l'heure est à présent à la communication des résultats. L'Instance électorale (ISIE) chargée d'organiser et de contrôler le processus électoral n'est pas au bout de ses peines et a décidé de publier les résultats préliminaires au compte-goutte.
Les circonscriptions dont les résultats ont été communiqués:
Nidaa Tounes Leads Ennahdha by Strong Margin
Following the release of preliminary figures from Sunday’s vote, secular party Nidaa Tounes has been declared the current leader in Tunisia’s legislative elections with over 80 seats in the National Constituent Assembly, an unnamed Ennahdha official told Tunisia Live.
Tunisia's Elections start smoothly despite sporadic irregularities
Tunisian citizens are lining up at schools around the country to vote in the country’s second free elections in history. In La Marsa, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Tunis, queues of hundreds formed within minutes of polling stations’ openings. As of 11:15 AM, Mourakiboun, an independent watchdog organization observing the elections in partnership with the National Democracy Institute, estimated the nationwide turnout between 35 and 40 percent.
Dignity spokesman urges the tribal elders to turn in their Islamist fighters
The Libyan National Army (LNA) has called on tribes and tribal elders to handover those they know to be extremists or face the consequences if they do not.