While no longer in command or leading troops, former military top brass is still seen as very influential in the April presidential election.
The two presidential tickets running in the 2019 election are competing for support from former military generals, with each camp claiming it has stronger backing than the other.
While no longer in command or leading troops, former military top brass is still seen as very influential in the April presidential election.
Tens of thousands of Algerians are expected to rally against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's plan to seek a fifth term in office on Saturday, in what may become Algeria's biggest protest since its independence in 1962.
Hawa Alam Nuristani, the new head of the Independent Election Commission, on Wednesday said the commission is resolute towards using biometric identification devices in the July 20 presidential elections in the country in order to ensure transparency in the process.
Presidential candidate pair Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Ma’ruf Amin campaign team spokesperson Ace Hasan Syadzily said he was sure the incumbent pair would be unstoppable in the upcoming presidential election.
Human rights lawyers have filed the first cases against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.
Israel's Central Elections Committee has disqualified an alliance of Palestinian-Israeli parties from running in next month's election.
KABUL -- An Afghan presidential candidate and eight bodyguards of a rival candidate have been injured by a barrage of mortars that exploded in western Kabul, near a ceremony honoring a prominent Shi'ite leader who was killed by the Taliban more than 20 years ago.
Amid conflicting reports about the overall death toll, RFE/RL has confirmed that at least three people were killed in the March 7 attack, which was claimed by the extremist group Islamic State (IS), according to its Amaq news agency mouthpiece.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei named hardline ally Ebrahim Raisi as head of the judiciary on Thursday, the state news agency IRNA reported.
KUALA LUMPUR: The new Opposition Leader in Parliament is Umno vice-president and Bera MP Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The General Elections Commission (KPU) has removed the names of 101 foreigners holding Indonesia`s electronic identity (e-ID) cards from the final voters` list (DPT) for the 2019 simultaneous legislative and presidential elections.
L’organisation nationale des Moudjahidines (ONM), dont la fidélité à Abdelaziz Bouteflika a été réitérée cela fait à peine 25 jours, soutient ... les protestations contre sa candidature à un cinquième mandat.
Drapeaux, banderoles, pancartes, youyous, klaxons de communion, bouteilles d’eau jetées de balcons solidaires, chants des stades au ton très politique enflammant l’espace public, Live Facebook et autres selfies au milieu de la rue effervescente…
Chairman of Presidential Council said Tuesday that he had agreed with warlord Khalifa Haftar to hold presidential and parliamentary elections by the end of this year, to avoid more conflict in the country.
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya should hold parliamentary and presidential elections by year end, the internationally recognised Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj said on Tuesday.
Pour sa première activité officielle en tant que directeur de campagne de Bouteflika, Abdelmalek Sellal avait choisi de se rendre au siège de l’Organisation nationale des moudjahidine (ONM). C’était il y a un peu moins d’un mois, le 12 février dernier. Sellal était « chargé par le Moudjahid Abdelaziz Bouteflika de transmettre ses salutations à ses compagnons d’armes », précise un communiqué de la permanence électorale du chef de l’État.
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L’Instance supérieur indépendante pour les élections (Isie) a annoncé mercredi que les scrutins législatifs et présidentiel en Tunisie se tiendront respectivement les 6 octobre et 10 novembre 2019.
Le mouvement de protestation du 5e mandat prend de l’ampleur. Réunie ce mercredi 6 mars à Alger, l’Union nationale des ordres des avocats (Unoa), demande le « report » de l’élection présidentielle.
L’Unoa qui s’engage à accompagner cette période transitoire, propose la mise en place d’un gouvernement neutre et consensuel avec les « pleines prérogatives pour organiser des élections présidentielles transparentes dans un cadre apaisé ».
