2024: The election that could redefine South Africa’s politics
Everything you need to know about the May 29 elections, including recent changes to South Africa’s electoral system.
How Ghana’s economic crisis is reshaping its democracy
Ghana’s legislature could take the unusual move of censuring the finance minister — and demanding greater accountability from the executive branch
How New Zealand and 5 other nations gained majority-female legislatures
New Zealand’s Parliament now has more women than men. The Labour Party’s commitment to gender parity helped to make that happen.
U.K. Conservatives are in trouble if they can’t choose a leader quickly
Conservative members of Parliament don’t want the ‘mad swivel-eyed loons’ deciding who replaces Liz Truss as party leader
Iranian women have been protesting mandatory hijab for decades
Both outside and within Iran’s government, women have been strategizing for this moment. So why did the movement catch fire now?
Boris Johnson says the ‘herd’ pushed him out. What does he mean?
When the herd ‘moves,’ it is sometimes because everyone in it wants to move
Iraq’s populist leader quit parliament. What happens now?
Rallying anti-establishment protests strengthened Muqtada al-Sadr’s hand in the past. It might not work now.
Boris Johnson ripped up part of his Brexit deal with Europe
The ‘Northern Ireland Protocol’ was supposed to solve Brexit’s border issue