The NA Chairman said that for the first time, the committee will review and comment on the dossier of the Law on People’s Air Defence, a new law to institutionalise the Party’s viewpoint on the national defence strategy in the new situation.
France's LGBTQ+ activists have welcomed a decision by the National Assembly to approve a bill compensating people convicted of the "offence of homosexuality" between 1942 and 1982. Up to 400 victims could be eligible for reparations under the draft law, which must now be examined by the Senate. France's Senate had already agreed to recognising the harm inflicted on people who were conviected of homosexuality when it was a crime -– but it has so far resisted the idea of reparations.Justice Minist
Protestors took the streets in Senegal's capital Saturday to keep the pressure on President Mack Sall to hold elections quickly. Hundreds of people walked and biked through downtown Dakar chanting “Macky dictator,” while others called for the release of imprisoned opposition figures. Sall issued a decree earlier this month to postpone the presidential election originally scheduled for Feb. 25, citing unresolved disputes over who could run.
Kuwait dissolved parliament on Thursday after a protracted stalemate between cabinet ministers and lawmakers dragged on despite the accession of a new emir in December.Cabinet ministers interpreted the remarks as an insult to the emir, who demanded improvements from the country's executive and legislative branches in his inaugural speech in December.