Tagged: Middle East
Conrad Omodiagbe
Palestine Election: Here’s What to Know
As Palestine prepares for its first major election in 15 years, rival factions have agreed on procedures for the upcoming polls as a popular movement announces its decision to boycott the historic elections. Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas alongside 12 other Palestinian factions have agreed on steps aimed at ensuring Palestinian elections are held as […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Palestine To Hold First General Election In 15 Years
Fifteen years after its last elections, Palestine is set to head to the polls again in 2021. President Mahmoud Abbas announced new election dates on Friday, setting legislative polls for May 22 and a presidential poll scheduled for July 31. Coming in days before the inauguration of US President-elect Joe Biden, whom Palestine sees as […]
Farida Adamu
Kuwait: Voters Elect An All-Male Parliament
Elections to the parliament of Kuwait held on the 5th December 2020, in which Kuwaiti voters elected 50 members of the National Assembly from five constituencies (each constituency is assigned 10 seats). Over half of the incumbents in parliament members lost their seats to the opposition, including the sole female lawmaker. The change in the […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Kazakhstan Sets Date For Parliamentary Polls
The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Kazakhstan has released a statement encouraging Kazakh citizens to vote in the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for January 10 next year, the KazInform news agency reported. “If you are a citizen of Kazakhstan who has reached the age of 18 on the day of voting and has a right […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Jordan Heads To The Polls Before Lockdown
Voters in Jordan are set to hit the polls in a parliamentary election overshadowed by a surge in coronavirus numbers. The latest increase has crippled the country’s economy as it heads into another round of lockdown. Health Precautions Giving the electoral body the go-ahead, members of the voting community who have tested positive for coronavirus […]
Farida Adamu
Saudi Arabia: Dissidents Form Opposition Party
For the monarchy in Saudi Arabia, political opposition is criminal, dissent has zero-tolerance and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman rules with an iron hand. However, Salman’s rule does not appear strong enough to deter a group of Saudi dissidents, who have launched an opposition party, the first organised political resistance under his rule. The last […]
Farida Adamu
Issues in Palestine as CSOs Call for Elections
On Tuesday, over 25 groups in Palestine signed a letter to the Chairman of the Palestinian Central Elections Commission ahead of the intra-Palestinian meeting, calling for elections to hold in the sovereign state. “We demand Abbas to issue a presidential decree to set a date for elections in line with the basic law,” Issam Arouri, […]