The first female president of Mauritius, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, at the Budapest Water Summit in 2016. She left office in 2018.
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In Mauritius there’s been little change in cultural norms and values to genuinely support gender egalitarianism.
Kamala Harris’ campaign fizzled as her past as a prosecutor haunted her candidacy.
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More and more district attorney candidates are running on reversing the government’s traditional approach to crime and punishment. And they’re winning.
University students have different motivations for their social media use.
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Political actors can actively engage with university students by taking cognisance
of their political information needs
How much of what they are telling you is true and how much is spin?
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Factchecking became politicised during UK election campaign. But what does it really add to public awareness?
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From Brexit and Labour’s future to Britain’s new political battlegrounds, here’s the expert lowdown on what Boris Johnson’s predicted landslide win means.
It’s fair to say the British public is not thrilled to be back at the polls.
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Citizens are voting in 650 constituencies – but technically not for who they want to be prime minister.
And the crowd says…
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Crowd-based prediction markets have even been shown to outperform intelligence analysts.
Efforts to mitigate the double edged nature of social media in politics must take into account local information environments
Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in the 2016 election.
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Hillary Clinton got the most individual votes from US citizens in 2016, but Donald Trump won the most electoral votes.
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It’s not all about the cost of treatment – and this is something the next government will need to address.
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The British electorate is volatile but one party has to benefit more than the others for that to actually affect the outcome.
Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, Prime Minister, Republic of Mauritius.
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Mauritius’ “dynastic politics” does not augur well for the often celebrated image of Mauritius as Africa’s shining democratic model.
There are different rules for ads on TV versus online.
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This election season, the public is closely watching how social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are handling political ads.
Slogans and soundbites are a key feature of Ghanaian political campaigns.
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Considering the competitive nature of party politics in Ghana, campaign
strategies that evoke emotion and prepare voters remain one of the priorities of political parties.
Media and others prepare the stage for the Democratic presidential debate in Atlanta.
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Health care, immigration and trade have been hot topics during the campaign and are likely to come up during the fifth Democratic debate.
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Privacy and fact-checking are still big issues but risks from bots and foreign influence have been overblown.
Two autocrats: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, left, and Hungarian leader Viktor Orban, right, in Budapest, Hungary, Nov. 7, 2019.
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Today’s autocrats rarely use brute force to wrest control. A human rights and international law scholar details the modern authoritarian’s latest methods to grab and hold power.
Amy McGrath speaks to supporters in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Voters tend to view female candidates as strong on issues like education and health care, but weak on national security. Female veterans might be able to overcome the stereotype.
Elections in Ghana are dominated by the NPP and the NDC.
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Minority parties in Ghana have found ways to stay relevant in elections despite their declining electoral numbers
Citizens face a barrage of polling information before an election and evidence suggests they don’t know what to do with it.
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Study shows voters struggle to take media bias into account – even when they are explicitely told it’s there.