A political crisis is taking place in the English-speaking provinces of Cameroon, situated in the country’s western provinces, near the Nigeria border.
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Popular Iraqi Novelist Gunned Down in Kerbala
A motorcycle gunman shot dead an Iraqi novelist close to his house in the Shi’ite holy city of Karbala on Saturday, police and eyewitnesses said.
More Swiss Cantons Joining After First Blockchain Vote Success
Swiss authorities in the canton of Zug “announced that the Alpine nation’s first local blockchain-based test vote had been successfully completed.”
A New App for Political Dissidents Under Authoritarian Rule
A new academic paper from University of California, Santa Barbara is quite unique in that the product is a mobile app for political dissidents.
California’s Thomas Paine Society Preps its 2019 Paine Birthday Party
History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it myself,” then penned the four-volume A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
VIDEO: Discussion Tackles Media And Democracy In India
What the future holds for India, the potential outcome of the 2019 elections, and the role the media plays in the world’s largest democracy.
An Innovative Data Visualization Tool for World Democracy Tracking
The highly innovative Swedish democracy technology nonprofit V-Dem Institute has finished building four new data visualization tools to the delight of the democracy community.
VIDEO: How Emmanuel Jal Went From Child Soldier to Hip-Hop Star
Emmanuel Jal’s amazing life story and his passion for life captivates the minds of fans from both home and abroad. His musical cry for peace is an inspiration.
VIDEO: Expert Outlines Proper Role for Social Media Content Moderation
On November 6 2018, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard hosted Tarleton Gillespie in an event on his book “Custodians of the Internet”.
VIDEO: Setting The Stage For Tunisia’s 2019 Elections
What new forces are contending to shape Tunisian politics? What are the key issues at stake and how is the struggling economy influencing the electorate?