Candidates are always willing to outspend each other to boost their visibility during the campaigns amid fierce competition for the elective posts.
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The transactional nature of politics reduces opportunities for debate and dialogue between elected officials and their constituents.
Family members wash away blood at the scene of a shooting in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, where seven people were shot dead in May.
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The study highlights the flimsy boundaries between different forms of violence: torture and extrajudicial punishment, lawful arrest, and an unlawful kidnapping.
After being displaced by drought, nearly 300 people, mostly women, and children arrived at Qansahley camp in Dollow, Jubaland, Somalia.
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Philip Murphy, School of Advanced Study, University of London
Internal affairs of the bloc may dominate the summit which seeks to address a wide range of international issues.
Parents and relatives of abducted students demanding the release of their families who had spent 55 days in captivity as at March 12, 2021.
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Ghana’s civil society has contributed to taming the power of a strong state.
A memorial in Orlando West, Soweto, honouring the victims of the massacre of school children by apartheid police.
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Periods of high food inflation affect poor households the most. This is because they spend a higher percentage of their income on food.
Some Nigerian women displaying their voter cards at a polling units during one of the country’s elections. Photo:aap/
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