Christian leaders are influential in Ghanaian lives.
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Christian leaders in Ghana are pushing the envelope of influence in political affairs.
Leadership and likability questions help pollsters predict who might win.
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Data gleaned from even early polls reveals critical clues on how voters view candidates and issues.
There’s trouble under the U.S. Capitol dome.
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The absence of a speaker of the House − a single individual but the linchpin in Congress − could produce a dangerous crisis in America’s constitutional democracy.
President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the nation on developments in South Africa’s strategy to manage the spread of COVID-19.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa tried to foster social cohesion in his speeches during a pandemic that had exposed the nation’s divisions.
One of the roles of an African university is to produce critical and democratic thinkers.
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The African university cannot be created through changing the intellectual lens and basis alone. Political action is key.
A ballot box used for the Liberian presidential election in 2017.
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Liberia’s next president must restore national cohesion, tackle corruption, and strengthen state institutions.
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Ugly incidents in the run-up to the election mirror the rise of online violence against women in politics. The next government needs a plan to tackle the problem before it’s too late.
Cuban President Fidel Castro watches former U.S. President Jimmy Carter throw a baseball on May 14, 2002, in Havana, Cuba.
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Beloved in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, Jimmy Carter became the 39th US president and used his office to make human rights a priority throughout the world.
Control: Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party dominate the political agenda through control of the media.
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Authoritarian populists tolerate opposition media – as long as they only exist at the margins.
The renovated park has attracted thousands of visitors to its site.
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Attitudes towards Kwame Nkrumah have shifted from veneration to confrontation and destruction and, finally, to more subtle forms of remembrance.
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Arguments against including Indigenous cultural perspectives and experiences in public policy have spilled over into prejudice and racism on both sides of the Tasman. That harms democracy.
Worker on a banana plantation owned by Chiquita near Siquirres, Costa Rica, February 2001. In 2007, Chiquita pleaded guilty to funding known terrorists to protect their Colombian plantations.
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Multinational corporations can dictate how resources are allocated, territories are governed, and justice is defined.
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The bill, yet to be debated in parliament, is ripe for amendment.
An election tribunal recently upheld President Bola Tinubu’s election victory in Nigeria.
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No matter how clean an election is, Nigerian politicians typically challenge the result.
Opposition supporters calling for free and fair elections outside the offices of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission in Harare in 2018.
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Zimbabwe’s 2023 elections look like their predecessors: stolen. But this one is a bit different. Opposition strategies and regional responses have changed too. What does this mean for the future?
Ali Bongo Ondimba (in cap) and his wife, Sylvia (in blue shirt), at a campaign rally on 19 August 2023.
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Ali Bongo’s illness, the contagion effect of other recent successful coups and palace power tussles are factors responsible for Gabon’s recent coup.
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New research finds Australian listeners value news podcasts for enabling them to better participate in democratic life.
Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela, who presided over the murder trial of goalkeeper Senzo Mayiwa was suspended in July.
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The challenges facing South African judges have been well documented for decades. They include the high number of unfilled vacancies and poor working conditions.
Tens of thousands of Israelis attend a massive protest against the government’s judicial overhaul plan on March 11, 2023, in Tel Aviv.
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What will happen in Israel after more than half a year of pro-democracy demonstrations against the conservative government’s judicial overhaul?
The clamour for coups among citizens is rising.
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Citizen expectations of governments are not being met by most elected leaders.