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Croatia dissolves parliament ahead of election season

Croatia’s parliament was dissolved on Thursday to pave the way for a parliamentary election later this year. All 143 of a total of 151 lawmakers who were present at the session voted in favor of the move. ALBANIAN HIGH COURT ORDERS PROSECUTORS TO REOPEN PROBE INTO PROTESTERS’ DECADE-OLD KILLINGS The date of the election is

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Guinea-Bissau dissolves parliament after coup bid

The president saysthere had been “complicity” between the national guard and “certain political interests within the State apparatus”. (FILES) Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo conducts a press conference during his state visit to South Africa at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on April 28, 2022. – Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo on December 2, 2023

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Senegalese government dissolves top opposition party, restricts internet

The Senegalese government on Monday disbanded Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics and Fraternity (PASTEF), a leftist party generally considered President Macky Sall’s most formidable opposition. Its founder and leader, Ousmane Sonko, was barred from seeking the presidency earlier this year after being convicted of corrupting the youth. Sonko’s arrest was reportedly ordered hours before

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Ecuador President Dissolves Congress Amid Impeachment Trial

Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the country’s opposition-led National Assembly on Wednesday, in a drastic move as the right-wing leader faces impeachment proceedings on embezzlement charges. The constitutional measure, never before used, allows the president to rule by decree until new elections are held, marking a moment of extreme political instability for a country of

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