DEMOCRACY

ELECTIONS AND BEYOND

Chile at the crossroads between past and future

Student leader turned president carries expectations of change

Democracy in Sudan: back to square one?

Growing anti-coup movement urgently needs international support

Tunisia: a dangerous slide away from democracy

When a president starts acting like a dictator, it’s time to call him that

NORTHERN AFRICA

Bulgaria: new government, renewed hope

Government formed after exhausting series of elections promises action on corruption and impunity

A defeat for populism in the Czech Republic

United opposition tactics start to pay off

Kazakhstan: demands for radical change met with lethal response

President puts himself firmly in Putin’s pocket to deny democracy

Guinea: no timetable for democracy

How long will the military hang onto power?

Nicaragua: the king is naked and everybody knows

Ortega claims victory while most Nicaraguans stay away from the polls

CENTRAL AMERICA

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