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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 

by Livert Ngum - September 17, 2021

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

by Livert Ngum - September 21, 2019

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

by Livert Ngum - September 6, 2019

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

by Livert Ngum - August 17, 2019

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

by Livert Ngum - August 13, 2019

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

by Livert Ngum - June 30, 2019

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

by Livert Ngum - December 13, 2018

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

by Livert Ngum - October 8, 2018

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?

by Livert Ngum - October 1, 2018

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?

by Livert Ngum - September 27, 2018

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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Courts Off The Deep End, Again

By Andrew Straw February 1, 2023

Closing the courts, shutting down dissent, and violating the rights of whistleblowers. These are not the actions of an open, free society.

The Christian Evangelical Church

By Jack Jones January 22, 2023

I am not against Big Business having a voice, just not all the voices, and especially not an impersonator pretending to speak for God.

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No One In Monterey County Is Good Enough To Serve In Legislature

By Joe Mathews January 9, 2023

California’s “democratic reforms” have left a place as… [key] as Monterey County without any state representation from one of its own.

In America, the Joe-mocracy Rules

By Joe Mathews December 27, 2022

A republic? A democracy? No, our country is an avuncular autocracy run by old guys named joe.

Property Rights, Indiana-Style

By Andrew Straw December 24, 2022

Indiana’s justices have replaced constitutional property rights with ad hominem politics. Replacing them starts with better governors.

To The American Oligarchs: Lay Off Us

By Jack Jones December 21, 2022

No matter how many jobs are ruthlessly pulled out from under us, we are still going to do what it takes to put food on the table.

Indiana’s Irrational Ballot Access System

By Andrew Straw December 4, 2022

Opposing the potential 2024 retention of the Chief Justice Loretta Rush will be key to preventing disability discrimination bad blood in Indiana courts.

Federal Judge Strikes Down Biden’s Loan Forgiveness program

By Jack Jones November 24, 2022

What is unlawful is the Texas federal judge’s decision to strike down President Biden’s loan forgiveness program, not the program itself.

DeSantis Battles Trump in Florida Steel Cage Match

By Steve Schneider November 20, 2022

We take you now to the much-anticipated DeSantis-Trump steel cage match, in which “DeSanctimonious” has promised to “kick Trump’s ass.”

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Russian Wagner Boss Acknowledges Comparison With Rasputin

Russian Wagner Boss Acknowledges Comparison With Rasputin

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Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin responded to comparisons [with]…Rasputin who treated the son of the last tsar for haemophilia.

ChatGPT Is Changing Education, AI Experts Say

ChatGPT Is Changing Education, AI Experts Say

January 30, 2023

Newly-launched AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT is changing the internet landscape. It presents several opportunities, including in education.

Girl Scouts Earn Democracy Badge At Workshop In Salina

Girl Scouts Earn Democracy Badge At Workshop In Salina

January 26, 2023

The workshop assisted Girl Scouts in grades K–10 in earning their Democracy Badge through learning activities on democracy.

Study: Media Can Reduce Polarization By Telling Personal Stories

Study: Media Can Reduce Polarization By Telling Personal Stories

January 26, 2023

Sharing personal experiences and pairing them with facts reduces political dehumanization and increases political tolerance.

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Study: 2020 Election Resulted In Increased Anxiety And Depression

January 7, 2023

A review of 2020 Household Pulse Survey data reveals that as an election nears, people in [America] report more depression and anxiety.

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