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"High drama and low comedy" was how the former US ambassador Ryan Crocker described the 2010 Iraqi elections. It was an accurate description although he failed to mention the real reasons behind this failure: the US occupation and the destruction of the Iraqi state, allowing the unqualified people who cooperated with the occupation to rule Iraq, imposing a constitution which Iraqis did not have the chance to read, and dividing the country on ethnic and sectarian lines.

Un Etat ne se gère pas au gré des humeurs et des règlements de comptes. C’est pourtant ce qui se passe au Mali depuis l’arrivée au pouvoir d’Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. 
Une des nombreuses manifestations ? Les virulentes attaques lancées depuis le week-end dernier contre Oumar Tatam Ly, Premier ministre démissionnaire. Celui-ci reçoit actuellement une salve d’injures, de critiques et de dénonciations.

Despite being designated as a terrorist organization in December 2013, members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood are seeking to retain a voice in post-Morsi Egyptian politics and even participate in the forthcoming parliamentary elections, say opponents of the movement.

GILGIT: As elections in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) draw closer, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has formulated a strategy to rebuild the party’s image that has been tarnished by allegations of corruption and illegal appointments.

Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Chief Minister Mehdi Shah recently met the party’s co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari at Bilawal House in Karachi to discuss the future of his party in G-B.

“We are done with the strategy of turning the tables on our opponents,” claimed a senior leader of PPP, who spearheads the coalition government in G-B.

Beaucoup s’y attendaient depuis janvier, quand le président de la République a dit publiquement qu’il renouvelait sa confiance en son Premier ministre, Oumar Tatam Ly. Ils s’y attendaient parce que c’est le genre de propos qu’un décideur tient à l’endroit d’un entraineur qu’il s’apprête à limoger parce que ne gagnant aucune compétition, aucun match.

The President of the South West state of Somalia Mohamed Hajo Abdi Nur, reported to Radio Shabelle in Mogadishu that he recently appointed his cabinet of ministers for his administration.

Abdi Nur , elected as the President of the 3 region state, mentioned that for the past few days he has been concentrating on the new ministerial cabinet.

“I am thanking the community in Bay, Bakool & Lower Shabelle region for reaching out to me by voicing their thoughts and advice” Said the President

TANA River Senator Abdi Bule has demanded an apology from Interior Secretary Joseph ole Lenku and Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo.

He said he was embarrassed by police during a security operation in Eastleigh. Bule said he was driving to Eastleigh on Monday afternoon with his children and a bodyguard when they were stopped by police.

He said he produced his national ID and a card showing he is a senator but the police told him both documents are fake.

Des dizaines de jeunes réclamant « le départ du système en place et l’instauration d’un état de droit en Algérie » ont été empêchés ce jeudi de marcher à Boumerdès.

Les manifestants sont, pour la plupart, des étudiants et des chômeurs opposés à un quatrième mandat de Bouteflika. Ils ont tenté d’observer une marche à partir de la faculté des Sciences vers le siège de la wilaya et la Cour de Boumerdès, mais la procession  a été stoppée, vers 10h, non loin de la gare ferroviaire par les policiers mobilisés sur les lieux.