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Nigeria: Africa’s Largest Democracy Goes To The Polls Amid Rising Insecurity

Global UpfrontNov 14, 2022November 14, 20220

By Freedom C. Onuoha & Oluwole Ojewale Africa’s biggest election will be held in February 2023 in Nigeria. It’s the seventh successive general election in

Nigeria Committed To Stable Democracy, Says Buhari, Thanks South Korea For Rehabilitation Of Kaduna, Warri Refineries

Global UpfrontOct 27, 2022October 27, 20220

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Seoul, South Korea, reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to stabilizing the country’s democratic system. Speaking during his meeting with the Speaker of

Liz Truss’s Downfall Sparks Talk Of Democracy’s Decline In UK

Global UpfrontOct 21, 2022October 21, 20220

Questions of democratic legitimacy are swirling in the United Kingdom after the resignation on Thursday of Prime Minister Liz Truss, whose government collapsed just 44

Buhari Delivers Farewell Speech To UNGA, Restates Nigeria’s Adherence To Constitutional Term Limit, Promotion Of Democracy, Rule Of Law In West Africa (Full Speech)

Global UpfrontSep 21, 2022September 21, 20220

WEDNESDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER, 2022 Mr. President, Heads of State and Government, Mr. Secretary-General, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. President, On behalf of the Government

Nigeria’s Democracy On Life Support

Global UpfrontJun 21, 2022June 21, 20220

By Suyi Ayodele, Tuesday Flat Out, Nigerian Tribune In chapter one of their 2018 book, “How Democracies Die”, Steven Levistsky and Daniel Ziblatt, both professors

Money Is Breaking Democracy In Nigeria

Global UpfrontJun 13, 2022June 13, 20220

Nigeria has had 23 years of unbroken civilian rule since 1999, and commemorates this return to democratic governance on 12 June. The Conversation Africa asked

New Violence: South Africa needs new thinking for its democracy to work for all

Global UpfrontJul 12, 2021July 12, 20210

By Steven Friedman, The Conversation, July 12, 2021 Claims of racial bias against black pupils at affluent private schools are becoming a routine South African

US Ambassador Says “Criminals” Who Sacked Congress Will Face the Law

Global UpfrontJan 8, 2021January 8, 20210

– Assures U.S. is Perfecting Union, Democracy. The United States said on Friday that the “criminals” who stormed the U.S. Capitol in support of President