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President Zuma attends the 40th Independence Celebration in Luanda, Angola, 2015. Photo by Government ZA via flickr.com. CC BY-ND 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/

Angola at a Crossroads

July 24, 2017 / Sylvia Croese

The announcement of Angolan longtime president José Eduardo dos Santos not to stand for reelection has shaken up the country’s political scene. Sylvia Croese looks at Angola ahead of the 2017 legislative elections and at the “president in waiting”. General elections in Angola will take place on the 23 August 2017. These are the third […]

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The End of Malaysia’s Multi-Ethnic Coalition?

July 12, 2017 / Stephan Giersdorf

For decades, the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional has narrowed the ethnic and religious divides in Malaysia. In the run-up to the next general elections, however, Prime Minister Najib Razak is intensifying cooperation with the Islamic party PAS, alienating large parts of his coalition and the population. The first quarter of 2017 indicated that Malaysia’s economy […]

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Visit to The Chronicle & The Sunday News office in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Visit to The Chronicle & The Sunday News office in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, by David Brewer, via flickr.com, CC BY-SA 2.0

Mugabe “Increasingly Frail and Indecisive”

April 29, 2016 / Sabine Donner, Lloyd M. Sachikonye

In the midst of factional struggles over Mugabe’s unresolved succession, we talked with political scientist Lloyd M. Sachikonye about the legacy of political violence and his hopes for Zimbabwe’s future.   BTI Blog: After more than three decades, 92-year-old Robert Mugabe is still Zimbabwe’s strongman. Does his extraordinary capacity to maintain his grip on power constitute […]

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Skopje, 11 August 2008. © David Bailey. CC BY-SA 2.0
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi © Surian Soosay (CC BY 2.0)

Myanmar: Into Unchartered Waters

March 04, 2016 / Marco Bünte

Transition talks in Myanmar are entering their finale phase. While many issues remain unresolved between the military and Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, further democratization is possible in the Southeast Asian country. Myanmar is entering unknown terrain these days. For the first time since the historic victory of the oppositional National League for Democracy (NLD) […]

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Policy gear in Bangladesh © Rajiv Ashrafi via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Policy gear in Bangladesh © Rajiv Ashrafi via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Is Bangladesh on the Brink of Civil War?

March 23, 2015 / Roma Rajpal Weiss

Bangladesh’s two main political parties have been deadlocked since the controversial general elections over one year ago. Political violence has now taken a turn for the worse as casualties continue to rise throwing the country further off the democratic path. The escalation began when Khaleda Zia, leader of the country’s largest opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party […]

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Chioma Agwuegbo © private
Chioma Agwuegbo © private

“At This Time, There is No Alternative to Goodluck Jonathan”

October 15, 2014 / Hauke Hartmann

Nigerian journalist and social media expert Chioma Agwuegbo talks about who might become Nigeria’s next president and the role of social media and young people in the upcoming elections. BTI Blog: Chioma Agwuegbo, Nigeria’s ruling party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), recently endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan as sole candidate for the presidential elections next February. How […]

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