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The Sudan Call forces will hold a four-day meeting in Paris to discuss the ongoing efforts for in the country and internal organizational issues, said Minni Minnawi the Secretary-General of opposition alliance on Tuesday.

In statements to Sudan Tribune, Minnawi said the opposition umbrella will start its meetings on 23 May and will conclude it on 27 May.

He explained that the meetings will discuss the statute of the Sudan Call and other regulations to organize the activities of its institutions.

Les premières élections municipales libres ont été boudées par les citoyens. Si les grands partis subissent une forme de désaffection, les listes indépendantes réalisent une percée inédite.

« Ce n’est pas comme pour la Constituante de 2011. Le cœur n’y est plus », se désole Souad, retraitée de l’enseignement. Elle se souvient encore avec émotion des longues files de citoyens enthousiastes de participer au premier scrutin postrévolution. Sept ans se sont écoulés depuis : une éternité.

The mandate of Lebanon’s parliament --which extended its own mandate for three consecutive times since its election in 2009-- ends at midnight Monday, meanwhile the government gears for its final meeting at Baabda Palace to tackle 59 items before it turns into a caretaker government on Tuesday.

The cabinet will convene at the Presidential Palace and will be chaired by President Michel Aoun to discuss several issues including the problematic electricity file, said al-Joumhouria daily.

A day before Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah and Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi are expected to announce the name of caretaker premier, a few names have started doing the rounds for the post.

According to sources, a few names are under consideration for the post and Shah and PM Abbasi have agreed on who should be the caretaker prime minister. "Now, discussions are underway on the caretaker cabinet," the sources said.

The National Council for Change Movement (Gorran) is scheduled to hold a meeting to discuss the issue of withdrawal and boycott the political process in Iraq.

Nazar Mahmoud, a member of the National Council of Change Movement, said in a press statement that the National Council for Change Movement is scheduled to hold a meeting in the next few days to discuss a number of files, including the withdrawal from the political process in Iraq, adding that the meeting will address the results of Iraqi Council of Representatives , and violations took place in those elections.

If elected, İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener promised on May 18 “to lift Turkey’s state of emergency the day after the snap elections.” 

“The state of emergency will be lifted the day after I’m elected,” Akşener said, addressing thousands who had gathered for a weekly airing of broadcaster Halk TV’s interview program.

“I will find a trustworthy logistics firm,” she said, declaring her objectives set to be accomplished on June 24 if she gets elected in the snap polls.

El clérigo iraquí Muqtada al Sadr, una de las figuras más destacadas de la historia política reciente de Irak, ha celebrado el triunfo de su bloque en las elecciones parlamentarias asumiendo la responsabilidad de la victoria y culpando de la situación actual "a quienes han fallado a este país".

"Vuestro voto ha sido un honor para nosotros y una responsabilidad que vamos a asumir. No os decepcionaremos, la culpa la tienen quienes han fallado a este país", ha hecho saber a través de su cuenta de Twitter.

Yasir Arman, the deputy leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North led by Malik Agar said political changes in the country and at the international level require to reconsider the armed struggle and to espouse peaceful political tools.

The historical SPLM since its inception in 1983 opted for the armed action against the central government in Khartoum until the signing of a political agreement in 2005. However, the Sudanese faction resorted to the military action just before the independence of South Sudan in July 2011.

Hizbullah party is reportedly eyeing an increased share in Lebanon’s new government amid reports it could “foil its formation” shall Prime Minister Saad Hariri respond to the U.S. “veto” against the party, Saudi daily Asharq al-Awsat daily reported on Saturday.

Hizbullah, “will not accept to get the so called non-service-related ministerial portfolios like it did in previous governments,” said the daily.