Violence erupted outside the home of presidential candidate Etienne Tshisekedi and his party HQ this morning as election officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo prepared to release the results of last week’s presidential election.
Tensions are rising and deadly …
As post-election violence breaks out in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the international community looks set to look the other way. It didn’t have to be like this, writes Dave Peterson, senior director of the National Endowment for …
The aftermath of elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo appears to be confirming to the worst case scenario feared by many observers.
Thousands of citizens are fleeing Kinshasa, the country’s capital, in anticipation of violence after opposition politicians rejected …
Vladimir Putin must open up Russia’s political system when he returns to the presidency or risk a catastrophic crisis, a former associate said today.
But today’s announcement that prosecutors have launched an investigation into the activities of Golos, the country’s main independent …
“The European Union is struggling to find the means to support democratic movements outside its territory,” The European Voice reports (hat tip: Global Europe):
Foreign ministers meeting in Brussels today (1 December) are supposed to endorse the launch of …
Today’s storming of the British Embassy in Tehran by hard-line Basiji militants (above) signals an escalation of the Islamic Republic’s conflict with the West.
“The incident raises the stakes to the point of very ill-disguised confrontation between Iran and one …
The Kremlin has launched a dirty tricks campaign against Russia’s only independent elections monitor, just days before voters head to the polls to elect the State Duma.
In a televised address last weekend to the ruling United Russia party, premier …
“Malaysian lawmakers approved a ban on street protests” today, AP reports, “after opposition legislators boycotted the vote and activists criticized the ban as repressive and a threat to freedom of assembly”:
Prime Minister Najib Razak’s ruling coalition says the …
With moderates in Bahrain’s government and opposition apparently being outflanked by more hard-line elements, the prospects for dialogue and reconciliation arising from the Independent Commission of Inquiry are fading, warns Hussein Ibish in this guest post.
The report by the …
Bahrain’s authorities used torture and excessive force against protesters during the March crackdown on the pro-democracy movement, the head of a special commission said today.
The information ministry and national security agency employed “a systematic practice of physical and …