DEMOCRACY - AFRICA DAILY

Myanmar military's beer sales tumble after junta boycott

Apr 04, 2022 (AFP)

For years, Myanmar Beer dominated bars and supermarket shelves, its Japanese backing a sign of the economic liberalisation washing into the Southeast Asian coun...

What next for Iraq amid deep political schism?

Mar 31, 2022 (AFP)

Wrangling between rival Muslim Shiite blocs in the assembly on Wednesday scuppered the legislature's third attempt to elect a head of state. Though a largely ce...

Myanmar's Suu Kyi back in junta court after Covid quarantine

Mar 31, 2022 (AFP)

The 76-year-old's civilian government was removed in a coup last year that triggered mass protests, and she faces a raft of charges that could see her sentenced...

Iraq MPs fail for third time to elect new president

Mar 30, 2022 (AFP)

The continued failure by parliament to select a president after last year's elections reflects a deep schism between Shiite political groupings, with one bloc b...

Iraqi MPs try for third time to elect new president

Mar 30, 2022 (AFP)

Half a year after October 2021 legislative elections, Iraq still does not have a new president or prime minister, keeping the war-scarred country in a state of ...

Hong Kong jails ex-opposition lawmaker over legislature folder grab

Mar 29, 2022 (AFP)

Previous Hong Kong legislatures had diverse political parties but after Beijing clamped down on dissent and imposed a sweeping national security law in 2020, au...

The 12 candidates standing in France's presidential election

Mar 28, 2022 (AFP)

A total of 12 candidates managed to muster the 500 endorsements from elected French officials needed to enter the race. The top two in the first round will face...

Myanmar army says will 'annihilate' coup opponents

Mar 27, 2022 (AFP)

The Southeast Asian country has been in chaos since a putsch in February 2021, with more than 1,700 people killed in crackdowns on dissent, according to a local...

Malta Labour party cruises to third term despite corruption woes

Mar 27, 2022 (AFP)

Official results are not expected until early Monday morning, but Labour Party officials briefed reporters that they were heading for a big win based on prelimi...

Iraq fails again to elect new president

Mar 26, 2022 (AFP)

Parliament had issued a final list of 40 candidates for the post, a largely ceremonial role that by convention is reserved for a member of Iraq's Kurdish minori...

Myanmar villagers accuse junta troops of torching houses

Mar 25, 2022 (AFP)

The Southeast Asian country has been in chaos since a putsch last February, with anti-coup "People's Defence Force" fighters clashing with junta troops across t...

Burkina transition assembly sworn in

Mar 22, 2022 (AFP)

The assembly will be responsible for voting on the texts of reforms planned during the transition after the ousting of former president Roch Marc Christian Kabo...

Myanmar junta approves sale of Telenor subsidiary to Lebanon's M1

Mar 18, 2022 (AFP)

The Southeast Asian nation has been in chaos since a coup last year sparked huge protests and a bloody military crackdown on dissent, sending its economy into f...

China accused of harassing ex-dissident running for US Congress

Mar 17, 2022 (AFP)

Attorney Breon Peace, who announced the filing of charges against five men in three cases, said they "involve campaigns to silence, harass, discredit and spy on...

Ai Weiwei warns of 'shaking foundation' of democracy

Mar 16, 2022 (AFP)

Reflecting on the war and the massive refugee crisis it has created, Ai expressed fears for "our... so-called peaceful life since World War Two" "Suddenly we fe...

European leaders in defiant Kyiv trip as Russia presses in

Mar 15, 2022 (AFP)

As talks ground on between Moscow and Kyiv in a bid to halt the devastation, the White House upped the ante by announcing President Joe Biden will visit Europe ...

Iraq MPs to vote for president on March 26

Mar 15, 2022 (AFP)

Parliament also released a final list of 40 candidates for the post, a largely ceremonial role reserved for the Kurds. Among the frontrunners are Barham Saleh, ...

Indonesia's president takes camping trip to site of new capital

Mar 15, 2022 (AFP)

The country is preparing to move its capital from overcrowded Jakarta to Nusantara, in a megaproject that has come under criticism from environmentalists who wa...

'Clear indications' of Myanmar military crimes against humanity: UN

Mar 15, 2022 (AFP)

The UN human rights office urged the international community to take immediate steps to halt the spiral of violence in Myanmar. Myanmar's military seized power ...

Hong Kong demands UK rights group scrub website

Mar 14, 2022 (AFP)

While China heavily restricts the internet on the mainland, Hong Kong does not generally censor the web, allowing residents to access sites and content that mig...