DEMOCRACY - AFRICA DAILY

Lula wins Brazil's bitter presidential vote, Bolsonaro silent

Oct 31, 2022 (AFP)

The victory marks a stunning turnaround for the charismatic but tarnished leftist heavyweight, who left office in 2010 as the most popular president in Brazilia...

Congratulations pour in for Brazil president-elect Lula

Oct 31, 2022 (AFP)

Shortly after Lula was declared the winner, US President Joe Biden said: "I send my congratulations to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on his election to be the next ...

Brazil on tenterhooks in Bolsonaro, Lula election showdown

Oct 30, 2022 (AFP)

Lula, a charismatic former president tainted by graft charges, narrowly won a first-round election and enters the finale the slight favorite with 52 percent of ...

Iraq's new government unlikely to solve crises

Oct 28, 2022 (AFP)

Sudani now faces the gargantuan task of delivering on pledges to fight corruption and offer job opportunities to the country's disaffected youth, all while grap...

Myanmar junta warns ASEAN against peace plan 'pressure'

Oct 28, 2022 (AFP)

Myanmar has been in chaos since a coup in February last year, with more than 2,300 killed in the military's brutal crackdown on dissent, according to a local mo...

Brazil: big, diverse and divided

Oct 28, 2022 (AFP)

Here are some key facts about the world's fifth-biggest country: - Half of South America - Brazil is South America's largest country, occupying nearly half the ...

Arts election lays bare Hong Kong censorship fears

Oct 28, 2022 (AFP)

"I don't think art should be mixed up with politics," said Zhao, a native of the autonomous Inner Mongolia region of China who settled in Hong Kong and retains ...

Iraq parliament approves new government: PM's office

Oct 27, 2022 (AFP)

"The government of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has obtained the confidence of the National Assembly," his office said in a statement after the vote. ...

Iconic photographer Salgado endorses Lula in Brazil vote

Oct 26, 2022 (AFP)

The 78-year-old photojournalist, famed for his gripping black-and-white portraits of natural wonders and human catastrophes, made the appeal in an Instagram vid...

Confidence vote on new Iraq government set for Thursday

Oct 26, 2022 (AFP)

Prime minister-designate Mohammed Shia al-Sudani was chosen earlier this month to form a new government following months of infighting between key Shiite Muslim...

Xi in control at China Congress, as ex-president removed

Oct 22, 2022 (AFP)

At the end of the week-long gathering in Beijing, China's ruling party approved a sweeping reshuffle that saw a number of top officials -- including Premier Li ...

Confidence vote on new Iraqi government delayed: MPs

Oct 21, 2022 (AFP)

Prime minister-designate Mohammed Shia al-Sudani was tapped to form a new government on October 13, raising hopes of an end to a year of deadlock since Iraq's l...

Hong Kong court allows UK trial lawyer for Jimmy Lai

Oct 19, 2022 (AFP)

Lai and a group of executives from the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper are being prosecuted for "colluding with foreign forces", an offence under a new secu...

Sweden's new govt scraps 'feminist foreign policy'

Oct 18, 2022 (AFP)

New Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom announced the move just moments after Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson presented his new government, backed by the far-right...

China says protesters 'illegally entered' consulate in UK's Manchester

Oct 18, 2022 (AFP)

British police have said a group of men came out of the consulate during a peaceful demonstration on Sunday afternoon and dragged one of the protesters inside t...

China blames 'troublemakers' after consulate protest assault in UK

Oct 18, 2022 (AFP)

British police have said a group of men came out of the consulate during a peaceful demonstration on Sunday afternoon, dragging one of the protesters inside the...

Biden gives major abortion speech in final run-up to midterms

Oct 18, 2022 (AFP)

Biden's upcoming speech in Washington marks a newly intensified push by the White House to lift the party ahead of the November 8, when Democrats hope to defy h...

Iraq's new president calls for speedy government formation

Oct 17, 2022 (AFP)

"The Iraqi people expect a new government to be formed rapidly, and that it be efficient and united," Rashid said on his inauguration at the presidential palace...

Australian economist jailed in Myanmar moved to Yangon's Insein prison: source

Oct 17, 2022 (AFP)

Sean Turnell was working as an adviser to Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi when he was detained shortly after the coup in February last year. In Septe...

What's next as Iraq moves to end deadlock?

Oct 14, 2022 (AFP)

But major challenges lie ahead for the crisis-hit nation. - How will government talks play out? - Iraq's parliament, dominated by the pro-Iran Coordination Fram...