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Livert Ngum articles

Livert Ngum is a journalist who writes for Democracy Chronicles from the city of Bamenda in Cameroon. She studied journalism and media at National Polytechnic Bamenda.

Free Speech: Scope And Relationship With Democracy 

September 17, 2021 by Livert Ngum Leave a Comment

Free Speech: Scope And Relationship With Democracy 

Free speech is the right to express oneself without censorship. It is also the end of repression and the beginning of expression.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Journalism and Free Speech

Zimbabwean activist doctor unable to recall details of his disappearance

September 21, 2019 by Livert Ngum Leave a Comment

Zimbabwean activist doctor unable to recall details of his disappearance

Prominent doctor and activist Peter Magombeyi leader of Zimbabwe doctors’ strike was abducted and tortured but can’t recall details of his disappearance.

Filed Under: International Democracy, International Democracy Originals Tagged With: Africa, Democracy Protests, Money Politics, Zimbabwe

Another spate of xenophobic violence in South Africa

September 6, 2019 by Livert Ngum Leave a Comment

Another spate of xenophobic violence in South Africa

September 2, 2019, South Africa recorded another spate of xenophobic violence against foreign national in South Africa’s commercial capital, Johannesburg.

Filed Under: International Democracy Originals Tagged With: Africa, Cameroon, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

16 August 2019 Zimbabwe Protests, State Repression and the Urgency of Political Reforms

August 17, 2019 by Livert Ngum Leave a Comment

16 August 2019 Zimbabwe Protests, State Repression and the Urgency of Political Reforms

Repression of 16 August 2019 Zimbabwe protests places the Southern African nation more on the path of instability. Zimbabwe needs urgent political reforms.

Filed Under: International Democracy, International Democracy Originals Tagged With: Africa, Democracy Protests, Dictatorships, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe National Dialogue? Mnangagwa peace call in view of protests

August 13, 2019 by Livert Ngum Leave a Comment

Zimbabwe National Dialogue? Mnangagwa peace call in view of protests

Protests are a democratic right but tensions building to protests slated for August 16 make a Zimbabwe national dialogue a way forward in Zimbabwe.

Filed Under: International Democracy Originals Tagged With: Africa, Democracy Protests, Dictatorships, Zimbabwe

How Myanmar’s Internet Shutdown Risked Lives

June 30, 2019 by Livert Ngum Leave a Comment

How Myanmar’s Internet Shutdown Risked Lives

The Myanmar government should immediately lift internet restrictions imposed on nine townships in Rakhine and Chin States, Human Rights Watch said today.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, Burma, Internet and Democracy, Journalism and Free Speech

The African Union and the Struggle for Democracy in Africa

December 13, 2018 by Livert Ngum 1 Comment

African Union and the Struggle for Democracy in Africa

The AU hopes that an African-run system for observing and assessing democratic elections in the continent will help bring a democratic peace that can enable development in the continent.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Africa, African Union, Dictatorships

Chimpanzee Democracy: Legitimacy And Collective Decision-Making

October 8, 2018 by Livert Ngum Leave a Comment

chimp vote

A male chimpanzee can only win the right to be leader of his community if he gains popular support. If chimps can be this organized, what is to be said of humans? Are we doing any better?

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Direct Democracy and Referendums, Election Science

Honey Bees Practice Democracy. What We Can Learn From Them?

October 1, 2018 by Livert Ngum Leave a Comment

Honey Bees Practice Democracy

Democracy is not unique to human societies. Democratic practices are tightly woven into the very fabric of nature and guide the behavior of several animal species including the humble honeybee.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Election Methods, Election Science, Worldwide

What is the Way Out of the Endless Gerrymandering Debate?

September 27, 2018 by Livert Ngum Leave a Comment

Endless Gerrymandering Debate

A working redistricting process attempts to redress a problem identified by the Founding Fathers: How to account for population changes over time.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: American State Elections, Political Debates, Redistricting

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