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Nearly a thousand supporters of the former ruling Democratic Party gathered on Monday despite rainy weather to shout slogans against the government of Prime Minister Edi Rama.

The leader of the Democratic Party, Lulzim Basha, told supporters that reported incidents of vote-buying in the elections in Korca revealed the truth about Rama’s centre-left government.

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) submitted a request to the Supreme Court asking for an extension to the current election dates for upcoming Local Government (LG) elections, Express News reported on Monday.

The polls are scheduled for November 27 in Sindh, and December 7 in Punjab and Balochistan – these dates were provided as options to the ECP by the Supreme Court.

Earlier the ECP had asked Punjab’s provincial government to provide the body with all the required resources for making arrangement for the local government elections.

L'écrivain algérien Yasmina Khadra a annoncé samedi 2 novembre qu'il était candidat à l'élection présidentielle de 2014, confirmant une déclaration au forum du quotidien Liberté. "C'est officiel, je suis candidat à la présidentielle de 2014", a déclaré M. Khadra.

Yasmina Khadra, de son vrai nom Mohammed Moulessehoul, est né en 1955 dans le Sahara algérien. Il est lauréat de plusieurs prix internationaux pour ses nombreux romans et dirige actuellement le Centre culturel algérien (CCA) à Paris.

The outcome of the first phase of the Jubbaland Reconciliation Conference held in Mogadishu this week was widely hailed as a success for the Somali federal government and the federalism process.

More than 200 delegates representing the federal government, the Interim Jubba Administration (IJA) led by Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe, rival leaders including Barre Adam Shire Hirale and Iftin Hassan Basto, and international allies, including the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), attended the conference November 3rd-6th.

Vote-buying and ballot fraud are voters’ chief concerns about next year’s general elections, a new study by the People’s Voter Education Network has revealed.

Thirty-four percent of the public were worried about the two points People’s Voter Education Network (JPPR) deputy coordinator Masykurudin Hafidz told the Jakarta Globe on Wednesday.

Masykurudin said 14 percent of eligible voters were also worried that general election organizers might use their positions to influence results.

R espondents also expressed concerns about intimidation.

Afghan election officials say that with just five days left to register, less than a quarter of the country's eligible voters have signed up to vote in next year's presidential ballot.

The April 5, 2014, election is considered critical as it comes just nine months before the final scheduled withdrawal of international combat troops from Afghanistan.

Noor Mohammed Noor, who is spokesman for the Independent Election Commission, said that roughly 12 million Afghans were eligible to vote, but barely 2.7 million had registered.

Barisan Nasional (BN) has failed to wrest control of Sungai Limau despite an unprecedented show of power and money as well as the presence of its big guns throughout the campaign period for the by-election.