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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

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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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24 March 2017

Legislative initiative in Egypt to allow women hold highest judicial functions in constitutional adjudication

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23 March 2017

Benin's parliament to vote new constitution this week

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20 March 2017

Op-ed: Why South-Africa's Bill of Rights does not work as it should

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20 March 2017

Benin plans to limit presidency to one-term

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