Kurds have had a history of discrimination perpetrated against them by the Turkish government.
Mahamat Idriss Deby (C) waves to his supporters during his presidential campaign in N'Djamena, on 14 April 2024.
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With China increasingly seeking to influence Solomon Islands’ media, Australian news outlets must renew their commitment – and funding – to cover the Pacific.
President Tayyip Erdogan and his party suffered their biggest electoral blow in a nationwide local vote that reasserted the opposition as a political force.
A Malaysian ad discouraging the dissemination of fake news.
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TikTok’s features for combining different users’ videos have sparked a wave of creativity. They’ve also formed an arena for political arguments and insults.
It is feared that the current violence against political opposition in Chad could signal the beginning of another long term dictatorship.
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.
Russian presidential election 2024: one person, one vote, very little choice.
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We are living in an era of democratic backsliding. It is becoming increasingly vital to improve the quality of elections.
‘We did win this election,’ said then-President Donald Trump at the White House early on Nov. 4, 2020, on what was still election night.
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Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election results. But the work of others, from lawmakers to judges to regular citizens, stopped him. There are cautionary lessons in that for the 2024 election.
Russian President Vladimir Putin looks set to extend his leadership.
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While Putin is all but guaranteed to win, war fatigue, electoral engineering and extreme risk-aversion suggest that the Kremlin is anxious to get these elections over and done with.
Democracy was enshrined in Roman currency.
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Fighting for voter access is an inevitable part of any democracy, from ancient Rome to the US today. Roman legislators were able to thwart elite political sway by introducing written ballots.
Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Associate Research Professor, Political Science, Co-host of Democracy Works Podcast, Penn State