The last several years in Africa have been marked by both encouraging democratic highs and troubling anti-democratic lows, according to the latest Afrobarometer survey: Bright spots include the Gambia’s successful… Read more »
“This is a consequential election,” said @NEDemocracy‘s @DamonMacWilson. “What happens here matters; it first of all matters to #Nigeria but it can have a real impact on the development of… Read more »
A Turkish court has convicted Şebnem Korur Fincancı, the president of the Turkish Medical Association and a renowned human rights activist, of disseminating “terrorist propaganda” in a trial seen by… Read more »
The role of social media platforms and messaging apps in Sunday’s political violence in Brasília is under the spotlight after experts highlighted their use by Jair Bolsonaro supporters to question the… Read more »
Yemen has made an eighth consecutive appearance on the International Crisis Group’s “Ten Conflicts to Watch” list for 2023. The brightest prospect for resolving the conflict would be an extended truce… Read more »
China’s A4 protests have “far exceeded” the Democracy Wall Movement of which Wei Jingsheng was a leading figure in the late ’70s, he tells Matt Pottinger, chairman of The Foundation… Read more »
The desire for free choice and autonomy is a universal human aspiration, but it is not top priority when people grow up feeling that survival is uncertain, the World Values… Read more »
Global democracy is under siege. According to Freedom House’s authoritative “Freedom in the World” report, 8 of 10 people in the world now live in countries rated either “Not Free”… Read more »
One of the most high-stakes elections that Nigeria has witnessed in decades takes place on 25 February 2023. If successful, it will be the first time during its 63 years… Read more »
Social media platforms are helping us to create our worst selves, says Nobel laureate Maria Ressa (above). We know – in 2018, MIT said that lies spread faster than facts,… Read more »