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Lebanese Parliament speaker Nabih Berri strikes his gavel at the end of a parliamentary session in parliament in Beirut, May 31, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Berri Proposes Holding Early Elections for Fears of Parliament Term Extension

by Caroline Akoum | Sep 19, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut– Lebanon’s parliamentary Development and Liberation Bloc, which is headed by Speaker Nabih Berri, submitted on Monday an urgent draft law to end Parliament’s term this year and to hold early elections before the end of 2017. In a news conference, Berri said...

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Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition addresses supporters after he was announced as the presidential candidate for the 2017 general elections during a rally at the Uhuru Park grounds, in Nairobi, Kenya, April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Kenya’s Opposition Leader Decides to Take Election Dispute to Supreme Court

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 16, 2017 | World

Kenya’s Opposition leader Raila Odinga said Wednesday he would take his claims that presidential election was rigged to the Supreme Court, after previously refusing to do so, and vowed to protest peacefully. Odinga has charged that last Tuesday’s election...

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A Jordanian police officer stands guard in front of the parliament in Amman, Jordan. (Reuters/Muhammad Hamed)

Jordanians Hit Polls in Governorate Councils ‘Decentralization’ Elections

by Mohamed Al-Daameh | Aug 15, 2017 | Middle East

Amman- Over four million Jordanian nationals on Tuesday head to polling stations to elect their mayors and members of municipal and governorate councils.   Some 1,239 candidates are competing for governorate councils “decentralization” seats that total...

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A riot policeman walks past burning barricades erected by protesters throwing rocks, during clashes in the Kawangware slum of Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. International observers on Thursday urged Kenyans to be patient as they awaited final election results following opposition allegations of vote-rigging, but clashes between police and protesters again erupted in Nairobi. […]

Kenyan Opposition Demands Access to Election Service to Accept Results

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 11, 2017 | Uncategorized

Kenya’s opposition coalition has called on the election commission to give it, other candidates and observers access to its computer servers, saying it would accept the results of Tuesday’s election based on the figures recorded there. “If they can open...

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Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, the presidential candidate of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, address a news conference on the concluded presidential election in Nairobi, Kenya, August 9, 2017. – Reuters

Kenya Slips into Violence amid Post-Elections Riots

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 10, 2017 | World

Nairobi- Kenya slipped a little deeper into violence on Wednesday after the former prime minister Raila Odinga rebuffed the final results of the recent presidential elections. Turnout showed that renewed outgoing president Uhuru Kenyatta won for another term. Odinga...