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'Sister protests': Lebanon, Iraq look to each other
Nov 11, 2019 (AFP)
"Don't trust the rumours, they're a group of thieves," sings a group of Lebanese musicians in Iraqi dialect, referring to political leaders they deem incompeten...
Morales: Latin America's longest-serving leader collapses under protests
Nov 11, 2019 (AFP)
A member of the Aymara people, he grew up in poverty on Bolivia's high plains and was a llama herder, coca farmer and leftist union leader before rising to take...
Catalan separatists block Spain-France highway
Nov 11, 2019 (AFP)
Demonstrators cut the AP7 motorway at La Jonquera near the city of Girona in eastern Spain, a day after a general election. While Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's...
Spain to hold fresh election under cloud of Catalan crisis
Nov 07, 2019 (AFP)
The November 10 ballot seeks to draw a line under months of political deadlock following an inconclusive April election won by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's So...
Facebook hit by 'tsunami' of bogus political news: NGO
Nov 06, 2019 (AFP)
An analysis by the NGO of the top 100 bogus news stories about US politics that went viral on Facebook in the 10 months ending October 31 showed that politicall...
Disinformation, surveillance seen as growing threats to democracy: watchdog
Nov 05, 2019 (AFP)
An annual report on online freedom by the nonprofit group Freedom House found evidence of "advanced social media surveillance programs" in at least 40 of 65 cou...
Five candidates running to replace ousted Algerian president Bouteflika
Nov 03, 2019 (AFP)
A total of 23 candidates had submitted their papers to run and five were approved, head of the election authority Mohamed Charfi told reporters in Algiers. The ...
In Iraq protests, counting the dead is a dangerous job
Oct 31, 2019 (AFP)
Remarkably, the watchdog at the heart of the effort is itself a government entity: the Iraqi Human Rights Commission, created in 2012 but now facing its most im...
Twitter to ban political ads worldwide on its platform
Oct 30, 2019 (AFP)
Chief executive Jack Dorsey tweeted that while internet advertising "is incredibly powerful and very effective for commercial advertisers, that power brings sig...
Protestors bond over falafel and tuk-tuks at iconic Baghdad square
Oct 30, 2019 (AFP)
Men and women of all ages have pitched in to support the demonstrations, handing out food and treating the wounded as tuk-tuks zip past. The drivers of the moto...
Facebook takes more heat for enabling political falsehoods
Oct 29, 2019 (AFP)
A letter from employees urged the company to crack down on "civic misinformation," saying the spread of debunked claims is a "threat to what FB stands for." "We...
Hong Kong bars democracy activist Joshua Wong from local election
Oct 29, 2019 (AFP)
Wong, one of the most prominent figures in the otherwise leaderless movement, accused the government of "political screening" after an election officer ruled in...
Latin America's longest-serving leader Morales claims fourth term
Oct 24, 2019 (AFP)
A member of the Aymara people, he grew up in poverty on Bolivia's high plains and was a llama herder, coca farmer and leftist union leader before rising to beco...
Trudeau rules out coalition as he forms new Canadian government
Oct 23, 2019 (AFP)
Trudeau said he would consult with leaders of Canada's other parties on their priorities, and how they might work together. "They will be varied conversations, ...
Indonesia's Jokowi taps election archrival for defense minister
Oct 23, 2019 (AFP)
More than three dozen new ministers -- the vast majority of them men -- sat casually in batik shirts in front of the imposing doric columns of the Merdeka Palac...
Unrest in Catalonia fuels China's accusations of Western 'hypocrisy'
Oct 23, 2019 (AFP)
Recent clashes in Chile and Spain's Catalonia region have added fuel to China's claims that Western governments and media have hypocritically supported Hong Kon...
Indonesian president taps election arch-rival for defence minister
Oct 23, 2019 (AFP)
Widodo unveiled his new cabinet at an informal presentation, with more than three dozen new ministers in eye-catching batik shirts sitting in front of the impos...
Israel's Gantz: political novice trying to oust Netanyahu
Oct 22, 2019 (AFP)
Netanyahu announced on Monday evening he could not form a new government following a deadlocked September election, making way for Gantz to try. But although Ga...
Stable Botswana to vote in rare cliffhanger
Oct 21, 2019 (AFP)
Former president Ian Khama has shaken up the country's traditionally calm politics by dramatically renouncing his hand-picked successor Mokgweetsi Masisi. Khama...
How Catalan protest tactics are inspired by Hong Kong
Oct 20, 2019 (AFP)
Shortly after Spain's Supreme Court on Monday sentenced nine Catalan leaders to prison terms of up to 13 years over their role in a failed 2017 independence bid...
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