IN FOCUS

Tunisia: protests force government to negotiate over waste crisis

Refuse site dispute points to broader failings of governance and democracy

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

NORTHERN AFRICA

Guinea: no timetable for democracy

How long will the military hang onto power?

Turkey: refugees targeted in surge of xenophobia

Politicians are ramping up hostility towards Syrian refugees

What hope for a more democratic United Nations?

New report suggests some potential for change, but fails to go far enough

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Nicaragua: the king is naked and everybody knows

Ortega claims victory while most Nicaraguans stay away from the polls

CENTRAL AMERICA

Switzerland: anti-rights challenge overcome – with rainbow colours

64 per cent of Swiss voters say ‘yes’ to same-sex marriage

Eswatini: one man standing in the way of democracy

Democracy protests seek to end Africa’s last absolute monarchy

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Ecuador: political turmoil far from over

New president faces rough ride as progressive Indigenous political movement rises

Nothing funny about Russia’s election farce

Legislative election reaffirms Putin’s authoritarian grip

Ghana’s opportunistic moral panic

Politicians seek advantage by fuelling attacks on LGBTQI+ people