Pressure is mounting on South Africa’s scandal-tarred president, Jacob Zuma, to leave office
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Repression buttresses Burundi leader’s bid to extend rule
Bid by Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza could see him hold onto power for another decade or more
VIDEO: Expert Panel Takes on the Task of Reimagining Pakistan
Brown University hosted Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States, for a discussion about Pakistani history
Russian crackdown on critical voices as Putin coronation nears
Kremlin is clamping down on critical voices as Russia ‘s presidential election is due to take place in about six weeks
Equatorial Guinea dictator promises more of same in major speech
Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has reappointed his prime minister after dissolving the government last week. “Making use of the powers granted to me by law, I appoint Francisco Pascual Obama Asue as Prime Minister in charge of administrative coordination,” said a presidential decree, read on national television on Monday night. Obiang also renamed […]
Hong Kong democracy activists freed in victory for protests
Joshua Wong and two other leading Hong Kong democracy activists won an appeal against their jail terms
Kenya government critic in court amid crackdown
A Kenyan government critic appeared in court Tuesday to face charges related to the mock the president
What’s behind repeated delays in trial for murdered Tunisia politician?
The family of slain Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid on Tuesday demanded the “whole truth” about his killing, five years after it sparked a political crisis as the country struggled towards democracy. Leftist Belaid, 48, was a fierce critic of Islamist party Ennahdha, which was in power when he was gunned down, and his supporters […]
100 Years Ago Today Britain’s Suffragettes Won Their Big Battle
Britain’s controversial Suffragettes were instrumental in securing the vote for British women 100 years ago
VIDEO: Historical precedents to fake Twitter accounts
Twitter bots are really just a recycling of Cold War techniques designed to sow political division in your opponent