Afghan aviation authorities have filed an official complaint against two members of parliament after a Bamiyan-bound flight they missed was forced to return to the capital when a group of men prevented the plane from landing. Kam Air flight RQ-814 took off from Kabul on Tuesday with 30 passengers on board – but without Bamiyan … Read more
The president of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika has designated the Speaker of the People’s National Assembly (Lower House of Parliament) Dr Mohamed Larbi Ould Khelifa to represent him in the celebration of the 60th anniversary of Ghana’s independence which will take place in Accra (Ghana) on Monday, March 6. This was confirmed in a communiqué issued … Read more
In recent times, public trust in Ghana’s Parliament is gradually diminishing at a fast pace, after several allegations have been levelled against the House by no less mean than both sitting and past Members of Parliament (MPs) and citizen Vigilante, a former Attorney-General & Minister of Justice, Mr. Martin Alamisi Amidu. The latest bribery allegation … Read more
The elections have been postponed to a later date Somalia’s presidential elections scheduled for November 30 have been postponed for a third time to a later unspecified date. The chairman of the country’s electoral body told the media on Monday that the elections will be held before the end of the year. Parliamentary elections expected … Read more
Afghanistan’s Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of parliament disqualified two more cabinet ministers Sunday over failure in spending their development budgets, the Lower House speaker said. The move brought the number of disqualified ministers to five since Saturday, according to the speaker Abdul Raouf Ibrahimi. The legislators of 249-seat Wolesi Jirga last week announced to … Read more
Australia’s prime minister has said he “read the riot act” to three ministers after they went home early, meaning his government lost a series of votes. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s conservative coalition holds a majority of one seat in the parliament. The opposition Labor Party came within a single vote of calling for a royal … Read more