National Independent Poll (Encuesta Nacional Independiente)
The Citizen’s Front in Defense of an Effective and Free Vote presented a poll done by the company Berumen and Associates, whose results throw a technical draw between Enrique Peña Nieto and Andrés Manuel López Obrador, candidates to the presidency of the republic under the PRI-Green Party and PRD-PT-Citizens’ Movement coalitions, respectively, followed by Josefina [...]
Elections for a president ‘who will not be able to change the old structures’
Egyptians are going to the polls today and tomorrow for the first round of the presidential elections. There are 13 candidates, but only four of them stand a chance to win. All four of them belong in one way or other to the conservative establishment. Two are remnants of the Mubarak era: Amr Moussa was [...]
Time for Iraq to Activate its Federation Council!
The political power struggle in Baghdad has significantly escalated since the last U.S. troops withdrew in December 2011, with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki slowly abandoning the principle of a unity government that gives all stakeholders a share of power and instead trying to consolidate power in his own hands. The situation has deteriorated so much [...]
Egyptian Election Committee disqualifies 10 presidential candidates
The body overseeing Egypt’s presidential election, the Supreme Presidential Election Committee (SPEC) disqualified 10 candidates from the race on Saturday. They include some of the leading candidates, like the Muslim Brotherhood’s Khairat al-Shater, former spy chief Omar Suleiman and Salafi sheikh Hazem Salah Abu-Ismail. Others are Ayman Nour and Mortada Mansour, Ahmed Saidi, Mamdouh Qutb, [...]
Burma’s Elections and Suu Kyi’s Victory: Caution or Celebration?
Late last night (Tuesday April 3rd) Burma’s State Television officially announced that Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy had won 43 of the 44 parliamentary seats it contested in by-elections on Sunday. The ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (the party led by former members of the Junta) won one, and then in [...]
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Execution of at least 10 prisoners postponed until Saturday
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Urgent: 10 prisoners scheduled for execution today
Kenya’s Professionals call for a supreme natural resource law
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Morsi’s 100 days, a performance which is viewed with mixed feelings
Syria: Arrest of prominent human rights defender Mr Khalil Matouk
Tanzania: Miners plead for time to make positive contribution
