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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

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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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A Dangerous Reprise Of American Exceptionalism In Ukraine

By Jamie Lampidis May 15, 2022

The stakes are too high to cave into Putin’s phantasmatic imperial play, and too high to believe that this war can be won by arming Ukrainians.

On The Coming End Of Roe v. Wade

By Peter J. Dellolio May 11, 2022

Anyone who says that the evolution of law has nothing to do with politics is either very corrupt or very stupid. Laws evolved through the centuries.

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Goodbye Roe v. Wade, Goodbye Rule Of Law

By Andrew Straw May 5, 2022

Congress should impeach judges who act like that because it is not good behavior, and they were asked not to act that way when they were confirmed.

PODCAST: Debating The Future Of Debates

By Jenna Spinelle May 4, 2022

We love a good debate — and have certainly had plenty of them on this show. But how effective are they in today’s media and political landscape?

What “Pro-Palestine” Student Groups Get Wrong

By David Anderson, J.D. May 3, 2022

Back then – as now – this fit into a “colonialist” narrative of European Jews oppressing Arabs – an easy, eye pleasing but intellectually lazy fit.

Examining Government As A “Necessary Evil”

By Gary Berton April 29, 2022

Thomas Paine defines government as separate from society, and indeed if society functioned perfectly there would be no need for government.

Ukrainian And Polish History: Fighting The Empires

By Maxim Sidorenko April 26, 2022

On February 24th, Russia started an unprovoked war against Ukraine. It has become one more attempt of the empire to demolish the Ukrainian state.

PODCAST: What Student Debt Says About Democratic Institutions

By Jenna Spinelle April 26, 2022

In a new book, Josh Mitchell draws alarming parallels to the housing crisis, showing the catastrophic consequences student debt has had on families.

Aging White Men Who Commit Voter Fraud Have Nothing To Fear

By Steve Schneider April 22, 2022

The sentences stand in contrast with the actions of the Governor who recently got the state legislature to create an election integrity police force.

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Kenyan 'Cartooning For Peace' To Draw Africa Towards Democracy

Kenyan ‘Cartooning For Peace’ To Draw Africa Towards Democracy

May 17, 2022

Cartooning is an art that has been playing a major role in illustrating stories in different ways, from health to politics, and even sports.

Anxious Leaders Influence Their Followers' Anxiety, Even Online

Anxious Leaders Influence Their Followers’ Anxiety, Even Online

May 17, 2022

Organizational leader’s tweets can influence employee anxieties and this effect is more prominent since the rise of COVID-19, study.

North Korea Cracks Down On 'Capitalist' Pop Culture

North Korea Cracks Down On ‘Capitalist’ Pop Culture

May 6, 2022

North Korea has increased its campaign against “capitalist” style clothing, others, in broader crackdown on foreign pop culture.

DiCaprio, Ruffalo Urge Brazilians To Vote, Irking Bolsonaro

DiCaprio, Ruffalo Urge Brazilians To Vote, Irking Bolsonaro

May 6, 2022

Hollywood stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo joined other celebrities making a final push for voters in Brazil to register to vote.

Mock M&M Election Teaches Alaskans About Ranked Voting

Mock M&M Election Teaches Alaskans About Ranked Voting

April 26, 2022

There are paper cups with eight different kinds of M&M near the entrance to Amalga Distillery in Juneau for a mock ranked choice vote.

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