DEMOCRACY

ELECTIONS AND BEYOND

Hope for change in Poland

Civil society expects improvements in civic space, the rule of law and the rights of excluded groups

All change in New Zealand’s election

Political volatility rises under cost-of-living crisis

Slovakia: election points to regressive turn ahead

Pro-Russia populist frontrunner to form new government

Maldives election: what now for civil society?

Shift towards China signalled in presidential race result

Gabon: the end of a dictatorship… and the beginning of another?

Military coups rarely lead to democracy

Zimbabwe: prospects for change denied in skewed election

Ruling party uses every lever available to tilt results

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Guatemala: change within reach

Election result brings hope for revitalisation of democracy

CENTRAL AMERICA

Thailand: democratic demands for change thwarted

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

Ecuador: stakes high ahead of presidential runoff

Early elections yield inconclusive results amid mounting insecurity challenges

Senegal: democracy in the balance?

Protests repressed and media restricted ahead of presidential election