Tag: Democracy

  Although West Africa has made some headway with efforts to propagate democracy, its dividends, in the form of good governance, remain elusive

  Possibly without the trappings of the 18th century

Interview: Nalini Burn, Economist & International Consultant

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, president of Turkey, and Viktor Orbán, prime minister of Hungary, are two leaders who have consolidated power using a similar playbook.

Those who seek power for the sake of power are less attracted to high office when more people get a say

Finding the right balance between media freedom and limits remains one of the greatest challenges modern democracies face

Forum

By Sada Reddi

The body choosing Kenya’s election commission is being overhauled – how this could strengthen democracy

Opinion

Zimbabwe, Turkey, Argentina, Pakistan and Nigeria all have presidential or general elections in 2023

The failures of nominally elected governments has denied leaders – as well as the democratic system – a vanguard popular constituency.

There is hope that the erosion of democratic and free societies has been somewhat stemmed

Editorial

  Some fascists claim that democracy and fascism have the same goal – to give effect to the will of the people. But who the people are is where the ideologies divide.