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Togolese lawmakers adopted a new constitution introduced by members of the ruling party which transitions the West African nation from a presidential to a parliamentary system. The country's opposition, which boycotted the last…

A committee set up by the Kenyan parliament has called for reforms to the country's electoral body and a review of tax policy, public spending and social security, a copy of their report seen by Reuters on Sunday shows. The bipartisan…

Israel has recalled its ambassador to South Africa, Eliav Belotserkovsky, back to Jerusalem "for consultations" ahead of a parliamentary vote in the African country to decide the fate of the Israeli embassy on Tuesday. The two countries'…

The speaker of the Israeli Knesset and his Moroccan counterpart signed parliamentary agreements after their meeting in Rabat Thursday. The content of the agreements was not immediately clear. Amir Ohana's invitation to Morocco is the…

Rwanda plans to amend its constitution to allow for presidential and parliamentary elections to be held at the same time, according to a statement outlining cabinet resolutions. The statement said that the cabinet on Friday approved a…

Voters in Benin go to the polls on Sunday for a parliamentary election seen as a test of democracy as opposition parties are back on the ballot after boycotting or being excluded from the most recent presidential and legislative votes.…

Voters in the southern African kingdom of Lesotho cast their ballots in parliamentary elections Friday. Lesotho has been governed for the past decade by a string of coalition governments that have proved fractious and frail, and no…

Two Senegalese opposition coalitions, which have joined forces in preparation for the legislative elections scheduled for July, says they intend to be the majority in the parliament against President Macky Sall’s ruling party and prevent…

The United Nations Libya mission says that the country's parliament should amend its election law to hold both presidential and parliamentary elections on 24th December as originally envisioned in a peace plan. The House of Representatives…