Parliament

Uganda’s parliament has approved the government’s proposed budget for the 2025/26 fiscal year, with planned expenditures holding steady at 72.4 trillion Ugandan shillings ($20 billion), the legislature announced late Thursday on…

Ethiopian lawmakers on Tuesday approved the government's plan to increase spending by an additional 581.98 billion Ethiopian birr ($4.8 billion) for the 2024/25 fiscal year, a parliament broadcast showed. The extra spending approved by…

Sudan is the largest displacement crisis in the world, Věra Jourová, Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency, said as the European Parliament debated the situation in the war-torn country. "The conflict in…

By: Adoba Echono The Speaker of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, Memounatou Ibrahima, is soliciting for speedy reforms at the West African regional bloc to transform its operations to tackle the myriad…

Ugandan parliament has introduced a bill aimed at tightening regulations surrounding surrogacy, restricting its use to individuals facing infertility or health impediments hindering natural reproduction. The proposed bill, tabled by…

Senegal’s parliament voted to delay the West African nation’s presidential election until 15th December in a chaotic voting process that took place after opposition lawmakers were forcefully removed from the chambers as they debated…

Algerian parliament members urged President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to run for a second term, they said. "If Allah gives me enough health," he told them, stopping short of a formal announcement about the presidential election due at the end…

Tunisian local elections has faced significant voter disapproval as citizens largely rejected the initiative. The elections, intended to establish a second parliamentary chamber, are seen by the opposition as another step in President…

The Speaker of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Parliament, Dr Sidie Mohamed Tunis, has urged Republic of Niger's military rulers to release former President Mohamed Bazoum as a prerequisite for discussing the lifting…

The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Dr Omar Alieu Touray, has presented the Annual Report on the State of the Community to the second Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja,…