Kais Saied and Nabil Karoui, two anti-establishment candidates in Tunisia’s divisive presidential election said Sunday to have won through to a run-off, hours after polling closed in the country’s second free presidential poll since the [ More … ]
Iranians poured into polling stations on Friday to give their verdict on President Hassan Rouhani and his troubled efforts to rebuild ties with the world and kick-start the struggling economy. Polls opened in Iran on [ More … ]
Apathy has overtaken this year’s elections in Algeria as memories of electoral fraud and government corruption hang over the event. Algerians headed to the polls in parliamentary elections on Thursday but the mood has been [ More … ]
Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Saturday called the Algerian people to go massively to the polls in the legislative elections of May 4. “As we are celebrating our country’s glorious history on this National Martyr [ More … ]
– Hamas describes court decision to exclude Gaza Strip from elections as ‘politicized’ and ‘absurd’ – Ramallah’s High Court of Justice on Monday issued a decision to hold Palestinian municipal polls in the Israeli-occupied West [ More … ]
– PM Hani al-Mulki to draw up new government following last week’s parliamentary election – Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Sunday evening instructed Prime Minister Hani al-Mulki to draw up a new government, Jordan’s official [ More … ]
The recent electoral successes of the National Alliance for Reform electoral list — which includes candidates from Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood — means the group will return to Jordan’s political stage after an eight-year absence, according [ More … ]
The recent decision by Hamas to take part in upcoming Palestinian municipal polls reflects the movement’s understanding of political realities regarding the decade-long embargo of the Gaza Strip, say experts. “Many observers had thought that [ More … ]
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