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Sunday 19 May

Egypt's highest court on Tuesday criticised an Islamist-led commission in charge of drafting a new constitution, saying some of its proposals put the court under the authority of the president, Mohamed Morsi, pictured in September 2012.

Bulletin: Egypt's highest court slams constitutional panel

Bulletin: Egypt's highest court slams constitutional panel

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Tunisian National Constituent Assembly speaker Mustapha Ben Jaafar gives an exclusive interview to AFP in Tunis on October 11. A key proposal by Tunisia's ruling Islamist party to outlaw blasphemy in the new constitution, which stoked fears of creeping Islamisation, is to be dropped from the final text, Jaafar told AFP.

Bulletin: No blasphemy clause in Tunisia constitution: speaker

Bulletin: No blasphemy clause in Tunisia constitution: speaker

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Egyptian members of the constitution committee listen to US-Egyptian Nobel prize-winning scientist Ahmed Zewail in September 2012. Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court on Tuesday postponed a decision on the fate of the Constituent Assembly that is tasked with drafting the country's new constitution.

Bulletin: Egypt court postpones constitution panel decision

Bulletin: Egypt court postpones constitution panel decision

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A Zimbabbwean police officer stand guard by ballot boxes in 2008. Cash-strapped Zimbabwe's electoral commission on Tuesday said it needs $104 million to organise a referendum on a new constitution that would pave way for a vote on a successor to the country's shaky coalition government.

Bulletin: Zimbabwe vote body seeks $104 mn for referendum

Bulletin: Zimbabwe vote body seeks $104 mn for referendum

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Deputies from Tunisia's ruling Ennahda party attend a plenary session of the National Constituent Assembly on August 8. Tunisia's new constitution will not be adopted before February 2013, the head of the drafting committee said on Tuesday, after earlier announcing that it would be delayed until April.

Bulletin: Tunisia constitution 'not ready before February'

Bulletin: Tunisia constitution 'not ready before February'

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Tunisian deputies attend a plenary session of the National Constituent Assembly on August 8, in Tunis. Tunisia's new constitution will not be adopted by parliament until April 2013, six months later than planned, Habib Khedher, who heads the committee in charge of drafting the constitution, said Monday.

Bulletin: Tunisia's new constitution 'not ready' before April 2013

Bulletin: Tunisia's new constitution 'not ready' before April 2013

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South African President Jacob Zuma (right) with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe during a visit to Harare in 2010. Zuma will meet Zimbabwean leaders Wednesday to press for political reforms and new elections under a recently finished draft constitution, his spokesman said.

Bulletin: Zuma heads to Zimbabwe to push for reforms

Bulletin: Zuma heads to Zimbabwe to push for reforms

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Tunisians hold signs and chant slogans during a protest calling for the respect of women's rights in Tunis. Tunisian women are rising up against a proposed article in the new constitution seen by many as an Islamist ploy to reverse the principle of gender equality that made Tunisia a beacon of modernity in the Arab world when it was introduced six decades ago.

Bulletin: Tunisia activists braced to fight for women's rights

Bulletin: Tunisia activists braced to fight for women's rights

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An African Union (AU) Burundian soldier in an armoured vehicle in Baidoa, 250km from Mogadishu, on July 25. Somalia's constituent assembly endorsed a draft constitution Wednesday, billed as a key step to ending decades of civil war, and shortly after double suicide bombers blew themselves up at the gates.

Bulletin: Somali assembly endorses draft constitution

Bulletin: Somali assembly endorses draft constitution

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File picture shows police in Mogadishu. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the gates of Somalia's constituent assembly on Wednesday, killing themselves but with no other reported deaths, police said.

Bulletin: Somali suicide attack foiled: police

Bulletin: Somali suicide attack foiled: police

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