Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during his 2021 inauguration.
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After more than 30 years of federalism, ethnic conflict in Ethiopia hasn’t been resolved – but neither has the country disintegrated.
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Today, the government released a review into Australia’s patchwork of a secrecy law system. The proposed changes are a step in the right direction, but there’s so much more work to do.
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When people are pervasively disinformed, the very foundations of democracy can end up on shaky ground.
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The very low public trust in the Ghanaian police suggests a crisis of legitimacy.
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If public administration education is designed and delivered poorly, it sets a course for the systematic destruction of state capability.
A voter marks a ballot during Kentucky’s primary elections in May 2023.
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Political scientists have begun to investigate ways AI can help people understand politics better and get more voices into the public sphere.
Supporters attend a meeting of the 11 opposition candidates in Antananarivo on 21 October 2023.
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A peaceful power transition would be a sign of a maturing democracy.
Donald Tusk looks set to lead the governing coalition, in large part thanks to female voters.
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The autocratic Law and Justice Party looks set to be turfed out by a center-left coalition, which gained more than half of all votes.
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.