Category: Government
Mali Votes in Long-Delayed Parliamentary Election
Voters in Mali went to the polls Sunday to elect members of the 147-seat National Assembly.
The parliamentary election in the war-torn West African country, which should have taken place after President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s 2018 reelection, has been postponed …
Burundi Election Could Be Compromised, UN Warns
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - U.N. investigators warn Burundi’s coming elections could be compromised by increasing repression of political opponents, economic and social instability and growing criminality. The U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Burundi has submitted its report to the U.N. Human …
Women Represent One-Quarter of the World’s Parliamentarians
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - The number of female parliamentarians in the world has more than doubled since the groundbreaking U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, 25 years ago, the Inter-Parliamentary Union said Friday. Part of the reason may be …
Fresh Violence Tempers Hopes After South Sudan Peace Deal
GENEVA - Humanitarian workers say they hope the formation of a national unity government in South Sudan under a peace deal last month will ease suffering in the country, but those expectations have been tempered by reports of continuing violence.…
Malaysia Swears in New Prime Minister as Mahathir Loses Out
Malaysia's Muhyiddin Yassin, a Malay nationalist politician backed by the corruption-tarnished former ruling party, was sworn in as prime minister Sunday after the king picked him to replace 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad.
The swearing-in capped a week of turmoil that began …
UN-Mediated Political Talks on Libya End in Disarray
GENEVA - U.N.-mediated political talks aimed at resolving the crisis in Libya have ended in disarray, with nothing accomplished except an agreement to meet again next month.
The talks got off to a shambolic start. Before the first round of …
UN-Mediated Political Talks on Libya End in Disarray
GENEVA - U.N.-mediated political talks aimed at resolving the crisis in Libya have ended in disarray, with nothing accomplished except an agreement to meet again next month.
The talks got off to a shambolic start. Before the first round of …
No Deal From US-Brokered Nile Dam Talks
WHITE HOUSE - Ethiopia rejected a U.S.-brokered agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Dam (GERD) and said it would commence first filling of the structure, one day after the Trump administration concluded two days of what is supposed to be the …