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Vice President of the Republic Iyad Allawi stressed the need for active participation in the upcoming elections, calling at the same time not to pay attention to rumors of inhibition and dismissing.

Presidential runner-up Moussa Mostafa Moussa told al-Ahram he felt proud of the result of the presidential election, after obtaining an estimated 3 percent of the vote, as he said it showed the true will of the Egyptian people and took place in a democratic and transparent atmosphere.

Moussa believes the election has shown that Egypt has passed a dangerous phase, “I thank god that Egypt has become stable and has passed its rough period as shown by this free, fair election,” he said, denouncing any claims questioning the process.

La singularidad y la trascendencia de las elecciones municipales de Túnez ha llevado a la Unión Europea a hacer una excepción y observar este proceso local, el primero que el país norteafricano celebra desde la caída en 2011 de la dictadura de Zinedin el Abedin Ben Ali.

Así lo destacó el jefe de la Misión de Observación Electoral de la Unión Europea (MOE-UE) en Túnez, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, en una entrevista exclusiva concedida a Efe a una semana de la celebración de unos comicios considerados históricos.

After the end of the first day of the 2018 presidential elections in Egypt, the Cabinet released a statement saying that people’s participation is “moderate”, but questions have been raised around the re

Egyptian citizens headed to polling stations across the country on Wednesday for the third and final day of voting in Egypt's 2018 presidential elections. Voting started from 9am in 13,706 polling stations in all 26 governorates, with the process due to end at 9pm on Wednesday. Vote counting is set to start after the polls close on Wednesday night.

Registration of electoral lists has closed at midnight and the interior ministry said a total of 77 lists, the largest in the history of parliamentary elections, and 917 candidates will run in the upcoming legislative elections.

The registration of lists was accompanied by individual withdrawals, where 58 candidates were not included into any of the lists and decided to pull back, said the ministry.

Le 1er tour de l’élection présidentielle est prévu pour le 29 juillet 2018. Presqu’unanime que le bilan d’IBK est chaotique, de nombreux prétendants sont en concertation. L’objectif majeur est de battre le président sortant afin de redonner espoir au peuple malien. A cet effet, Aliou Boubacar Diallo, Cheick Modibo Diarra, Moussa Mara, Moussa Sinko Coulibaly et Mohamed Ali Bathily semblent dans l’expectative de se choisir un candidat consensuel pour juillet prochain. Et Aliou Boubacar Diallo semble le candidat idéal pour diverses raisons.

Abdoulaye Diop, head of the African Union Election Observation Mission deployed to monitor the ongoing presidential election in Egypt, said that the Egyptian authorities have fully cooperated with the delegation, providing it with the licenses required to access all polling stations. 

With Abdel Fatah al-Sisi assured of re-election, the campaign has focused on boosting turnout. Egyptians are going to the polls on Monday in an election that is almost certain to result in victory for the president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, after all credible opponents were prevented from getting on the ballot.