IN FOCUS

‘Calling this a free and fair election would be a betrayal to the people of Maldives’

‘We’ll participate in COP28 to pressure world leaders to divert funding away from oil and gas’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Guatemala: change within reach

Election result brings hope for revitalisation of democracy

CENTRAL AMERICA

‘Election violence is a cover for ideological ambivalence and lack of substantive programmes’

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Tunisia: racism on top of repression

Attacks on Black Africans latest tactic of authoritarian president

NORTHERN AFRICA

Thailand: democratic demands for change thwarted

Military-aligned parties part of new government that excludes election winners

AI: ‘The biggest challenges are the biases and lack of transparency of algorithms’

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Ecuador: stakes high ahead of presidential runoff

Early elections yield inconclusive results amid mounting insecurity challenges

Hong Kong goes after its exiles

International arrest warrants and bounties all part of a picture of transnational repression

‘Our society has finally become sensitised to domestic and gender-based violence’