DILI: Out going Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri has called for an end to the targeting of Oecusse street vendors in Dili, amid a spate of violent attacks.

DILI:Xanana Gusmao has called on Timor-Leste’s President Francisco Lu Olo Guterres to cease his Fretilin party influence, in a bid to end a prolonged political impasse that has stalled parliament since January. A legislative stalemate has dominated Timor-Leste’s politics since a coalition of opposition parties, led by Gusmao and with…

DILI:The head of the Fretilin Party has called for an investigation into vote counting in Oecusse after the party saw a large swing against it on Saturday’s parliamentary vote.

DILI: Xanana Gusmao is tipped to return as Prime Minister of Timor-Leste with his coalition of opposition parties taking a lead in the final stages of the preliminary election count, according to the state election commission.

DILI: Timor-Leste’s police commissioner has said arrests have been made in connection to campaign violence between opposition political parties in Los Palos and Makadiki over the weekend.