Banning political donations may sound like a good idea, but Peter Malinauskas’ plan raises political and legal risks.
Mahamat Idriss Deby (C) arrives at a polling station in N'Djamena on 6 May 2024 during Chad’s presidential election.
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Chadians are bracing themselves for more years of authoritarian rule.
Mahamat Idriss Deby (C) waves to his supporters during his presidential campaign in N'Djamena, on 14 April 2024.
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Labour’s deputy leader has said she will resign if she is found to have committed a criminal offence in relation to her registered home address ten years ago.
Protesters barricade a street in reaction to postponement of the presidential election in Dakar, Senegal on 9 February.
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Amy Niang, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
Attempts to postpone Senegal’s election indefinitely reflect deeper governance problems within Macky Sall’s administration, and the shortcomings of his chosen heir, Amadou Ba.
Four of Labor’s reform pledges are linked to the urgent issue of democratic reform
A burnt car in the middle of a road following deadly clashes between supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party at Kofa in Bebeji district of Kano, economic nerve centre of northern Nigeria.
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The maverick MP has made no bones about his plan to use Palmer’s considerable war chest to spread misinformation about COVID – and it’s in democracy’s interest that he be stopped.
Electoral reforms are important before Nigerians go to the polls in 2023
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Nigeria must fix its electoral system before the next general elections in 2023.
The prime minister and his partner, Carrie Symonds, are facing questions over who paid for their Downing Street flat to be refurbished.
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The existing electoral system has attracted extensive criticism for rendering elected representatives unaccountable to those who elected them.
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters, the leader of the New Zealand First party, maintains that no laws have been broken in his party’s funding arrangements.
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The New Zealand First party, a government coalition partner, has received tens of thousands of dollars from a foundation whose trustees include the party’s lawyer and an ex-MP.
The annual February festival of lampooning the largest visible donor lulls Australians into a false sense of security that there is a functioning political donations disclosure regime in place.
The US compares relatively poorly with equivalent countries when it comes to voter registration.
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There are good reasons to be concerned about the procedures used for voter registration in many countries, including many long-established democracies.
One Nation is in hot water over the leak of a secret recording that reveals James Ashby suggesting a plan to scam public funds.
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At an extraordinary news conference, Hanson staffer James Ashby admitted the revelation was ‘embarrassing’, adding that it was a ‘poor choice of words on my behalf’.
Calls for Brazilian President Michel Temer’s ouster are growing louder due to allegations of government corruption.
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Brazil’s political crisis is spiraling to a new level amid the release of recordings that allegedly caught the president authorizing a bribe. Fixing this mess will take more than a personnel change.
ARC Laureate Fellow, Professor of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney and McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Harvard Kennedy School