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New Zealand’s largest city is governed by a small, remote body with only a semblance of representative democracy. Given the city’s massive challenges, is that good enough?
A ‘V’ for victory for Giorgia Meloni?
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The far-right leader of the Brothers of Italy has tried to distance the party from its fascist lineage, but many are still worried about the direction she will take the country.
People wait in line outside their voting station in the popular neighbourhood of Ngor in Dakar on July 31, 2022.
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The 2024 presidential election is shaping up to give Senegalese a significant and competitive election, leaving voters in the driver’s seat.
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The new leader of the Conservative party inherits a country in crisis.
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There’s a lot of information on social media that would support legal proceedings, but courts have yet to harness this.
Adalberto Costa Junior, leader of Angola’s opposition party, The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) arrives to cast his vote.
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The loss of a two-thirds majority in parliament would be seen as a significant defeat for the MPLA.
The Coalition’s carpark announcements before the 2019 election are among the best-known cases of pork-barrelling.
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Ministerial discretion should be tightly controlled whenever millions of taxpayer dollars are being spent.
A Fetterman campaign billboard on the New Jersey/Pennsylvania border.
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In Pennsylvania, one Senate candidate is pounding the other for his lack of local roots. A political scientist studied accusations of carpetbagging – and found there is a home field advantage.
President Macky Sall salutes supporters after he was named candidate for the 2012 presidential elections.
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Senegal enters uncharted territory as for the first time in contemporary history, no single coalition won an outright majority in parliament.
Kenyans queue to vote in the 9 August 2022 election.
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When people fail to exercise their right to vote, it increases the likelihood of political extremism and the pursuit of narrow interests.
Fragile democracy: there are concerns for the security of the upcoming Kenyan election.
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Electoral manipulation is rife around the world, but civil society organisations are working hard to counter attempts to erode the democratic process.
Martha Karua addresses a rally. She is Raila Odinga’s running mate in Kenya’s August 2022 elections.
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Martha Karua’s selection as a deputy presidential candidate has helped put gender equality on the Kenyan election agenda.
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Despite some wins, the NSW premier faces multiplying challenges eight months from the next election
People vote in the primary election at the civic center in Silver Spring, Md., on July 19, 2022.
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Have these officials used their authority to interfere with America’s democratic process?
A protestor faces off with Kenyan police in Nairobi after the 2017 general election.
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Our research found that Kenyan students dislike ethnic-based politics in principle, but feel the pressures of tribalism.
Mario Draghi: prime minister of a unity government in disunity.
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The Italian parliament has been dissolved following the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi. What happens next, and why is Italy’s politics so fragmented?
Productivity is key in reducing inflation – it rides on innovation and efficiency, which should be encouraged.
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A confluence of many factors – from Russia’s war to drought to local corruption and lack of productivity – has inflated prices.
Money madness: Clive Palmer at the United Australia Party’s campaign launch on the Sunshine Coast in April.
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Four of Labor’s reform pledges are linked to the urgent issue of democratic reform
Fellow travellers: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese greets his Swedish Social Democrat counterpart, Magdalena Andersson, at the NATO summit last month.
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The pandemic has helped fuel a resurgence of social democratic parties
A Kenyan elections official registers a voter’s details.
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The presence of fringe presidential contenders is a marker of maturing democracies.