Tag: parliament
Mayhem in Kenya, 10 shot dead as protesters set parliament on fire over new tax laws
Hundreds of protesters have entered the complex, live TV pictures are showing. Dense clouds of tear gas can be seen…
Sri Lanka’s president sacks parliament, calls for snap vote
Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday dissolved parliament and called a snap election after failing to gain enough support…
Sri Lanka’s President delays reconvening parliament
Sri Lanka’s President, Maithripala Sirisena, has delayed recalling parliament by two more days, amid growing political uncertainty after the sacking…
South Africa introduces hate speech bill to Parliament
South Africa’s Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DJCD) on Wednesday introduced a hate speech bill to Parliament in a…
France Elects 233 Women To Parliament
France voted a record number of women into parliament, election results showed on Monday, after President Emmanuel Macron’s victorious Republic…
Queen Elizabeth To Inaugurate New Session Of Parliament
UK Queen Elizabeth is to inaugurate the new session of parliament on June 21.
Nigeria’s parliament orders tax payments from oil traders
(Reuters) – Nigeria’s parliament ordered three local oil traders to pay taxes it says they owe the country for crude…
Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe, 91, delivers wrong speech in parliament
AFP – Zimbabwe’s 91-year-old President Robert Mugabe read the wrong speech at the opening of a new session of parliament…
Sierra Leone parliament extends emergency rule by 90 days
Sierra Leone Parliament on Friday in Freetown, ratified the extension, by 90 days, of the state of emergency which was…
Burkina protesters set fire to parliament
Angry demonstrators went on the rampage in Burkina Faso on Thursday, setting parliament ablaze in a surge of violence that…
Insecurity: Senator smuggles fake bomb into parliament
An Australian senator produced a fake bomb in parliament on Monday to demonstrate how easy it was to smuggle dangerous…
Berlusconi expelled from Italian parliament
Italy’s parliament on Wednesday expelled Silvio Berlusconi over a tax fraud conviction in a humiliating vote that will not be…
Like Nigeria, Kenyan lawmakers vote for pay rise
Just like their Nigerian counterparts, Kenyan lawmakers have voted themselves a pay rise, overturning cuts ordered by the national salaries…
Romanian president impeached
Romania’s parliament voted Friday to impeach President Traian Basescu in a spiralling political crisis that has raised warnings in the…