Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Africa needs a democracy of its own context that delivers to all people. Obasanjo said this on Monday in Abuja, while speaking at a Colloquium to mark the 60th ...

The outcome of 2024 general election has taught us useful lessons in so many ways,and it is about time we use this period to reflect, reform, rebuild, rebrand, restrategize, and transform the New ...

Ahead of the next general elections, the Senate has dropped the hint to reintroduce the inclusion of statutory delegates in political parties’ primaries in the proposed amendment of the Electoral Act ...

China's National People's Congress concluded its annual meeting on Tuesday after setting this year's economic growth target at around 5 percent. Nearly 3,000 delegates including Chinese President ...

A Hong Kong social worker was found guilty of rioting during the city's 2019 democracy protests, with the court on Tuesday rejecting her claim of being a mediator and ruling that she encouraged ...

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It’s a great idea, and it represents the resurrection of a power Congress should be using more often. The 1974 law restricting the president’s impoundment power after it was abused by Richard ...

As Christian denominations in Africa join the preparation for the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, clerics, theologians and laypeople are embracing the moment as a chance to ...

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The Democratic Alliance (DA) returned from its US visit emboldened, declaring itself a “steadfast and credible advocate for South Africa’s national interests on ... governance strategy since the dawn ...

Josh Morgan USA Today via Imagn As I reflect on President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress Tuesday ... free speech is a pillar of democracy that allows us to express our beliefs ...

President Donald Trump is extending the offer of U.S. citizenship to South African farmers who feel compelled to leave their country amid concerns for their safety. The president announced the ...