DEMOCRACY - AFRICA DAILY

ASEAN election observers set for Myanmar

Mar 21, 2012 (UPI)

The Association of South East Asian Nations will send 23 election observers to Myanmar this month at the government's request, ASEAN said. Forty-eight Parliamen...

Chinese politician rocks boat in Malaysia

Mar 18, 2012 (AFP)

Former political detainee Lim Guan Eng wasted no time leaving his mark on Penang after the brash opposition politician won power in the Malaysian state in 2008 ...

Suu Kyi seeks ethnic, Chinese vote in north Myanmar

Mar 17, 2012 (AFP)

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi reached out to ethnic Chinese and minority voters Saturday on the campaign trail in the north of the country ahead of...

US must clarify destination of arms headed to Egypt: Amnesty

Mar 16, 2012 (AFP)

Egypt denied on Friday a US arms shipment headed to the Suez Canal would be unloaded in the country, after rights group Amnesty International warned that Egypti...

Suu Kyi broadcast urges more democracy

Mar 16, 2012 (UPI)

Myanmar pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for more media freedom and the repeal of "repressive" laws in the run-up to by-elections in ...

Hong Kong's rowdy election 'embarrasses Beijing'

Mar 16, 2012 (AFP)

Next week's leadership election has riveted Hong Kong with all the political rough-and-tumble that is typical of a thriving democracy. There's only one thing mi...

China's heir apparent calls for Communist Party unity

Mar 16, 2012 (AFP)

China's likely next leader has called for greater unity in the ruling Communist Party in a speech published Friday -- a day after the biggest political drama to...

Amnesty calls on Egypt to refuse US arms shipment

Mar 15, 2012 (AFP)

Amnesty International on Thursday called on Egypt to refuse a shipment of weapons from the United States because of the risk they will be used "to commit human ...

Suu Kyi hopes to travel outside Myanmar soon

Mar 15, 2012 (AFP)

Myanmar democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi said Thursday she hoped to travel abroad "in the near future", in what would be the Nobel laureate's first visit t...

Argentina under fire for muzzling press

Mar 15, 2012 (UPI)

Argentina is facing new accusations it reached a low in trying to control the media and suppress dissenting voices. Spanish journalist Alberto Padilla, a former...

Arab people's demands must be respected: China's Wen

Mar 14, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Wednesday that the Arab people's demand for democracy must be respected, in remarks at a news conference wrapping up a parliamen...

Walker's World: Sarkozy - 'Me or Chaos'

Mar 12, 2012 (UPI)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, 57, tried to revive his faltering re-election campaign Sunday with a mass meeting of more than 40,000 supporters at Villepinte...

Questions linger in US on high-tech voting

Mar 10, 2012 (AFP)

A series of problems with electronic voting machines has raised fresh questions about election technology as newer computerized systems gain ground for the 2012...

Thousands rally in Iraq over Bahrain crackdown

Mar 09, 2012 (AFP)

Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets of Baghdad and cities in the Shiite-majority south of the country on Friday to condemn Bahrain for crushing an uprising ...

Santorum stirs love and loathing on US campaign trail

Mar 07, 2012 (AFP)

Of the handful of candidates left in the rollercoaster Republican presidential race, Rick Santorum seems to stir more emotions than most with his radical views ...

Suu Kyi seeks military vote in regime's heartland

Mar 06, 2012 (AFP)

Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi urged members of Myanmar's powerful military Tuesday to support her opposition party in April by-elections as she campaign...

Finland: Refugees face spying threats

Mar 06, 2012 (UPI)

Foreign governments and groups are carrying out more spying on refugees and dissidents living in Finland, the country's security intelligence service says. SUPO...

GCC seeks 'adequate' conditions for Arab summit

Mar 04, 2012 (AFP)

The Saudi foreign minister said on Sunday that leaders of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council may not attend an Arab summit in Iraq this month unless "adequ...

China rebel village to vote in democracy exercise

Mar 03, 2012 (AFP)

Residents of a seaside village in one-party China are going to the polls Saturday in an unprecedented leadership election they hope will end alleged graft and r...

Outside View: U.S. factor in Russian vote

Mar 02, 2012 (UPI)

Judging by the statements of not a few U.S. politicians and journalists, the United States has a keen interest in the presidential election now under way in Rus...