Hospitals are losing staff to quarantines as rural COVID-19 cases rise, and administrators fear flu season will make it worse. And then there's the politics.
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Although it's failed to deliver democracy to citizens, Nigeria is not the collapsed and disintegrated entity which a 2005 US National Intelligence Council analysis predicted it would become by 2020.
When Trump leaves the White House in January, many American evangelicals will feel that they've lost their protector in chief.
Jerry John Rawlings remains the most polarizing political figure in Ghana since Kwame Nkrumah
What has happened to political TV satire? It used to be sharp but this election it missed it mark.
The US is willing to ignore human rights violations committed by a country as long as it does not interfere with US interests.
Were GOP incumbents able to rely on their rural supporters to fend off Democrats' growing strength in the suburbs?
Every election triggers distress for some people. Here are some ways to possibly cope.
Given its natural resources and people, Nigeria should be a prosperous nation, but after 60 years of self governance, the country now ranks as the world poverty capital.
Ghana's history shows a strong connection between music and politics that has evolved over six decades.
Mexican philosophers have a word for the peculiar anxiety you may be feeling: 'zozobra,' a dizziness that arises from social disintegration.
Once an atheist, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban embraced Christianity on his way to power – and has used it to consolidate his position since.
With 70 percent of its people under 30 years, Nigeria needs to harness the strength in its youthful population.
Political social responsibility has benefits for parties and candidates across the political spectrum.
A recent Pew survey showed just how deep the divide has become, with about 40% of registered voters saying that they didn't have a single close friend supporting a different presidential candidate.
A pandemic can amplify friction and tension between jurisdictions – especially when there are political differences and existing conflict.
A key electoral reform in 2009 shifted the focus of legislative elections from political parties to individual candidates.
My analysis of 3,000 pages of secret internal military documents strengthens findings pointing to the Indonesian military's involvement in the 1965-66 genocide.
During the MMP era, the average vote share of the highest-polling party has been steadily climbing — with big implications for New Zealand democracy.
Clothing is a way for politicians to convey authenticity and to tell their story.
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