Tashkent, Uzbekistan (AFP): Polls closed across Uzbekistan on Sunday, ending a day of voting in the Central Asian nation in a constitutional referendum that could allow President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to remain in power until 2040. Voting stations closed at 8:00 pm (1500 GMT), after being open for 12 hours. The Election Commission has to announce...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif won a vote of confidence from the National Assembly on Thursday. The resolution for the vote of confidence, moved by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, was passed by 180 members of the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament. “The resolution has been passed an...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Rached Ghannouchi, one of the main opponents of Tunisian President Kais Saied, has been arrested, his Ennahdha party said Monday, the latest in a string of opposition figures held. Ghannouchi, 81, whose party was the largest in parliament before Saied dissolved the chamber in July 2021, was arrested by police at his [&hel...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The leaders of the Libyan armed forces in the west and east of the country on Thursday evening announced their readiness to secure upcoming elections. The announcement came during a meeting between Libyan Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Mohammed Al-Haddad with Abdel Razek al-Nadori, Kahlifa Haftar’s army chief...
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AA) – Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah formed a new government on Sunday. Sheikh Ahmed was reappointed prime minister by the crown prince in March, two months after his government resigned following a standoff with parliament. According to state news agency KUNA, the new government comprises 14 m...
ANKARA (AA) – The United Nations has voiced concern over the current tense situation in Sudan following a delay in the signing of a final agreement to resolve the country’s months-long political crisis. In a statement, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called on Sudan’s rivals to work to overcome obstacles to civilian […...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Amid rising political tensions in Pakistan, President Arif Alvi has refused to sign a legislation recently approved by the parliament that limits some key powers of the country’s top judge. The President’s Office said in a statement that Alvi has returned the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill, 2023, to the parl...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz pleaded not guilty to corruption charges when he appeared for questioning Thursday in a court in the capital Nouakchott. Aziz, 66, faces multiple charges including illicit enrichment, abuse of office, influence peddling and money laundering along with nine other d...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Pro-democracy activists in Sudan marched against the army and paramilitaries Thursday as the civilian opposition marked a key anniversary in the decades-old struggle against military rule with new protests. April 6 is a symbolic date for Sudan’s civilian opposition — the anniversary of uprisings in 1985 and 2...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan has said that the signing of an agreement to resume the country’s democratic transition was delayed with the intention of “laying solid framework that maintains the momentum and vigor of the revolution.” On Wednesday, the opposition Forces of Freedom and Change coalit...
