Parliament

Tunisian President Kais Saied has met with the new speaker of parliament, Ibrahim Bouderbala, following his election during the assembly’s first sitting on Monday. The 71-year-old is the former chief of the Tunisian Bar Association and a…

Tunisian new parliament, elected in December and January in a vote with a turnout of 11%, sat for the first time on Monday in a session closed to all but state media and with the opposition coalition saying it would not recognise its…

Ugandan lawmakers have introduced legislation to parliament that proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relations in a country where homosexuality is already illegal, defying criticism from human rights groups. Annet Anita Among, the…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament Joint Committee on Telecommunications and Information Technology/Education, Science and Culture/Trade Customs and Free Movement, has recommended ways to achieve seamless…

A Kenyan senator Gloria Orwoba is reported to have been sacked from parliament after attending a session while wearing a white suit stained red in an apparent menstrual activism campaign. Gloria Orwoba, of the ruling coalition, is due to…

The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has urged the Nigerian government and the citizens to ensure that the country’s election is transparent and peaceful as a model to other countries in the region.…

The Speaker of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament Dr Sidie Tunis has called for more political commitment towards the adoption of the ECOWAS common current. Dr Tunis made the call at the fifth Legislature…

Benin’s pro-government parties have won a majority of seats in parliament, the country’s Constitutional Court said, in a vote marking the return of the opposition after four years of absence. Parties supporting President Patrice Talon,…

Senegalese authorities were searching for two male opposition lawmakers after they assaulted a female MP during a brawl in parliament last week. MP Massata Samb slapped Amy Ndiaye and she received a kick to her stomach from Mamadou Niang…

Lawmakers exchanged blows and hurled a chair in Senegal's parliament over a perceived insult towards an influential pro-opposition religious leader. An opposition MP slapped legislator Amy Ndiaye over her remarks, according to the…