BAGHDAD (AA): A coalition of Iran-backed Shia parties said Monday it will continue talks for the formation of a new Iraqi government, one day after the resignation of lawmakers loyal to firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. In a statement, the Coordination Framework said it respects the decision of the Sadrist bloc to resign from the Iraqi [&helli...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Lawmakers from Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s bloc resigned from Iraq’s parliament in an apparent bid to end eight months of political deadlock. Al Sadr’s bloc is the biggest in the parliament. Al-Sadr had urged members from his bloc to resign over the failure to form a new government in Iraq. A […]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – UN Special Adviser on Libya Stephanie Williams on Sunday urged the country’s rival politicians to establish a constitutional framework within one week for holding elections in the conflict-ridden nation. “This final round comes at a critical juncture for your country. After eleven long years of division, dysfu...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The Tripartite Mechanism that supervises talks between Sudan’s rivals on Sunday postponed the intra-Sudanese dialogue. “Sunday’s session was postponed, but the dialogue was not cancelled or suspended,” an official with the Tripartite Mechanism said in statements cited by the state news agency SUNA. The ...
KHARTOUM, Sudan – An alliance of opposition political parties and civilian groups in Sudan has met with ruling military authorities in the capital Khartoum to discuss the current political crisis and a roadmap to democracy. The Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) said the organization’s leadership met with “the leaders of the ...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Nigeria’s ruling party elected former Lagos State Governor Ahmed Tinubu as its presidential candidate ahead of the general election early next year. Tinubu emerged the winner of the All Progressive Congress (APC) party’s electoral college after securing 1,271 votes from 2,322 party delegates in the nation’...
ANKARA (AA) – A former minister who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban seized power last August has returned to the country, an official confirmed on Wednesday. Farooq Wardak is the first senior member of ex-President Ashraf Ghani’s Cabinet to return to Afghanistan since the establishment of a liaison commission in March to contact...
ISTANBUL – Brunei has appointed its first woman minister in a government reshuffle ordered by the country’s leader, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. Hajah Romaizah, who was serving as the deputy education minister, was promoted to the post of education minister. Bolkiah made the changes in his Cabinet in a special address to the nation bro...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian judges continued their strike for the second day on Tuesday to protest President Kais Saied’s decision to sack dozens of their colleagues. In a statement, the Association of Judges said 99% of the judges and judicial staff suspended their work as part of the strike. Tunisian judges started a week-long [&hel...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Mali’s military government will lead the country for a two-year transition period before returning to democratic rule, junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita announced late Monday in a decree. The junta had initially promised to hold elections in February this year, but later changed its mind, saying they would be held in [&he...
