With a marked rise in political polarization and violent attacks, it is past due for Canada to strengthen efforts to protect its elected officials.
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Kirk’s killing reflects a broader political impasse in the US, where a significant percentage of the population supports political violence of some form.
Increasing polarisation and a lack of measured debate is fuelling violence in a nation awash with guns.
Dialogue with Mozambique’s opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane is necessary. However, it must not be another ‘elite bargain’ that does not benefit the common people.
Killing a prominent individual rarely brings about the widespread change the act is intended to achieve.
A scholar of political assassinations says the US just narrowly avoided plunging into wholesale violence and potential civil war when Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt.
There have been a series of tipping points in the campaign so far, and this may well be the decisive one. It could turn Trump from a martyr to a saint in the eyes of his supporters.
Chadians are bracing themselves for more years of authoritarian rule.
Mexican elections have been marred by political violence for years, and this year will be no different.
Chad’s presidential elections on 6 May will officially mark the end of the transitional government but will not mean a break with authoritarian rule.
It is feared that the current violence against political opposition in Chad could signal the beginning of another long term dictatorship.
It’s a near certainty that Kagame will be here for some time to come; but as Rwanda looks to the future, it may need or indeed demand a change of guard.
The court should have given the public a much clearer understanding of how it came to its decision, and what consideration it had given to public opinion.
The decision is likely to be relied on by courts to order the Department of Correctional Services to grant offenders parole.
Detailed accounts from original documents offer insights into the secret operations of the CIA in Africa.
A secret plan to destabilise the new democratic government reveals the failed ambitions of the apartheid state security apparatus and confirms what is known about the brutality of the period.
Vladimir Putin is a standard-bearer, rather than a pioneer in the history of Soviet and Russian political assassination.
A united opposition could create enough momentum to unseat incumbent John Magufuli from power.
Prosecutors say they’ve closed Sweden’s most famous cold case. But many Swedes still have doubts. The crime and botched investigation have been a ‘national trauma’ for this normally peaceful place.
Does South Africa have skeletons in the closet over the death of the UN Secretary-General?
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