DEMOCRACY

ELECTIONS AND BEYOND

Coup contagion spreads to Burkina Faso

Failure of governments to deliver is enabling military rule

Portugal: continuity comes as a surprise

Lurking threat of right-wing populism needs to be addressed

Honduras: the end of a cycle?

Twelve years on from a military coup, first female president is inaugurated

Mali: military has no plan to cede power

Stand-off with the international community threatens to worsen humanitarian crisis

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

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