DEMOCRACY - AFRICA DAILY

Romania's ruling coalition wins landslide victory

Dec 09, 2012 (AFP)

Romania's centre-left governing coalition won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections Sunday, exit polls showed, dealing a severe blow to its arch-rival,...

Merkel rival fires up party for election battle

Dec 09, 2012 (AFP)

Chancellor Angela Merkel's rival, Peer Steinbrueck, on Sunday kicked off his bid to topple her in next year's German election, pledging social equality and a cl...

Egypt's military and its political might

Dec 08, 2012 (AFP)

Egypt's army, which called on Saturday for dialogue between foes and allies of President Mohamed Morsi to avoid a "disastrous" turn in the current political cri...

Myanmar apologises to monks over mine protest injuries

Dec 08, 2012 (AFP)

Myanmar's government has apologised to senior Buddhist clerics over injuries sustained by monks in a police crackdown on a rally at a Chinese-backed copper mine...

Commentary: Apartheid opprobrium

Dec 07, 2012 (UPI)

A majority of Israelis recoil in horror at the very thought of emulating the regime of apartheid, a system of institutionalized racial segregation once practice...

Outside View: Dutch Untouchables

Dec 06, 2012 (UPI)

There are disturbing signs of different levels of commitment by European and North American democracies to the principles underpinning the rule of law. We are a...

Outside View: A ray of hope

Dec 05, 2012 (UPI)

About eight decades ago, the great American humorist Will Rogers wryly observed that whenever Congress wanted to play a joke on its constituents, it passed a la...

Japan leaders near Fukushima as poll campaign starts

Dec 04, 2012 (AFP)

Japan's election campaign kicked off Tuesday with party leaders making pitches near the disaster-struck Fukushima plant, setting the tone for a poll set to be d...

Bangladeshi protesters clash with police

Dec 04, 2012 (UPI)

One protester was killed and dozens were injured in clashes with police during a countrywide day of protest in Bangladesh called by the country's largest politi...

Chinese bus driver jailed in Singapore over strike

Dec 03, 2012 (AFP)

A mainland Chinese bus driver involved in Singapore's first industrial strike in 26 years was jailed for six weeks Monday after he pleaded guilty, state prosecu...

Singapore to deport Chinese bus drivers in strike

Dec 01, 2012 (AFP)

Singapore will deport 29 mainland Chinese bus drivers and pursue criminal charges against five others for involvement in the city-state's first strike since the...

Race is on for South Korean presidency

Nov 30, 2012 (UPI)

South Korea's two leading presidential candidates kicked off the official 22-day campaigning period this week ahead of a national election Dec. 19. Ruling conse...

Algerians vote in local election, FLN eyes landslide

Nov 29, 2012 (AFP)

Algerians headed to the polls on Thursday for local elections that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's ruling party is widely expected to win but which the authori...

Myanmar police break up copper mine protest

Nov 29, 2012 (AFP)

Myanmar police fired water cannon and tear gas at protesters against a Chinese-backed copper mine Thursday, the government said, injuring dozens in a crackdown ...

Tokyo governor election kicks off

Nov 29, 2012 (AFP)

The race to elect a successor to colourful and controversial Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara kicked off Thursday with his handpicked nominee expected to cruise...

Kuwait hurtles toward a divisive election

Nov 29, 2012 (UPI)

Oil-rich Kuwait, a key U.S. ally in the Persian Gulf, is deeply divided as its braces for a parliamentary election Saturday that's widely expected to produce a ...

Four Chinese drivers charged over Singapore strike

Nov 29, 2012 (AFP)

Four mainland Chinese bus drivers accused of instigating Singapore's first strike since the 1980s were charged on Thursday with criminal offences that could lan...

Bangkok street protest fizzles out

Nov 26, 2012 (UPI)

Leaders of an anti-government protest by thousands of demonstrators called off their march Saturday in Bangkok amid fears of further clashes with police. Police...

Turkey coup generals say 'no remorse' at landmark trial

Nov 21, 2012 (AFP)

Two ailing generals on trial over the bloody 1980 coup in Turkey said they had no remorse over their actions as they testified via videolink from their hospital...

Main opposition in top spot ahead of Japan vote

Nov 19, 2012 (AFP)

Opinion polls published on Monday showed Japan's main opposition party out in front, days after Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda set the country on the path to a g...