National philanthropy cannot pull democracy out of the ditch. Renewal — with community foundations leading the way — must come from the ground up.
United States-based Pa Fidelis Olafusi, 82, a Knight of the Roman Catholic Church and retired Chartered Accountant, recently ...
Election Observer Mission (SEOM) has declared that Tanzania's 2025 general election failed to meet the bloc's democratic ...
First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports Janet Museveni has praised Uganda’s democratic maturity, describing it as one ...
The National Leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, has called on state ...
The Northern Illinois University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will welcome Illinois Senate Minority Leader John Curran as the next guest of the “Rebuilding Democracy” lecture series at ...
The very concept of “self-determination,” which underpins the creation of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), emerged precisely from this frustration. It represents a ...
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, has raised the alarm over what he described as West Africa’s deepening democracy and security crises, warning that the region’s political ...
President of the ECOWAS Commission Dr Omar Touray has blamed insecurity and the democracy crises facing West Africa as major hindrances to the integration ...
A study of 2,000 voters across 10 Bihar districts finds that caste and religion continue to influence voting behaviour. The ...
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The rise of social democracy

There was a time when politics was simply a struggle for power, especially in the Philippines. Political parties in this country had no ideology at all.
Mr Jega said elections that have integrity offer the best chance of having responsible and responsive public officials in a ...