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Inauguration of Constitutional Review Committee (photo credit: Naij.com)

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6 April 2017

Nigerian Senate Committee on Constitutional Reform to suggest allowing independent candidacy, empowering local governments

Map of old provinces of Libya (photo credit: Libya Express)

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6 April 2017

Op-ed: Should Libya revive 1963 Constitution? Is breakup an option?

President Patrice Talon (photo credit: AFP)

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5 April 2017

Benin's parliament rejects proposed amendments toward single presidential term, women's representation

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31 March 2017

Malawi considers amending Constitution to introduce new presidential election threshold

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30 March 2017

Somali senators call for urgent review of the Constitution

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30 March 2017

Kenya's High Court: constitution requires the parliament to enact gender quota law under threat of dissolution

Mauritania’s first democratically elected president, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (Photo credit: Georges Gobet—AFP/Getty Images)

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28 March 2017

Former Mauritania's president criticizes planned constitutional amendments

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28 March 2017

Tunisians say: Muslim marriage decree is unconstitutional

Demonstrators in the capital city of Tunis during the Jasmine revolution sitting on a wall (Photo credit: Christophe Ena/AP)

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27 March 2017

The law on local and regional elections: a step towards local democracy in Tunisia

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24 March 2017

Call for supervision of Zimbabwe's election is unconstitutional experts say

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