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The world’s year of elections simmers

Democracy’s march has been relentless this year as world leaders confront the will of the people

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. (Photo by Frank Augstein – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Pressure on Sunak is building after the UK local elections

The Tories are comforting themselves for their loss by arguing that historically every government during the mid-term suffers losses in local elections

Newly elected President Bola Tinubu center left, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president, center, and Jide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, center right, during Tinubu’s campaign rally in Lagos, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. (Benson Ibeabuchi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Tinubu’s win disappoints Nigerian youth

Analysts and international observers say the presidential election was tainted by incidents of violence as well as logistical and operational failures

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New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern announces shock resignation

At her peak she was a domestic force, but her government has been steadily sliding in the polls over the last year

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned on Thursday. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Did Liz Truss mislead the public about her husband’s secretive work?

As the prime minister fights to remain in power, deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner demands she come clean over her interests

Supporters of Peter Obi, Presidential candidate of Labour Party for the 2023 Presidential election hold a rally in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, October 1, 2022. (Photo by Adekunle Ajayi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Nigeria has been ruled by generals and gerontocrats and young people want change in the 2023 polls

With 70% of Nigerians aged under 30 this should happen but the top candidates are 70 and 75 and the third will have to work with politicians the youth want out

The harrying of Kathleen Stock

The bitterly polarised controversy over the status of transgender people has spawned attacks on freedom of thought and speech at British and South African universities

Australia’s opposition is set to anoint Anthony Albanese as its new leader, hoping to win back the working class.(AFP)

Vanquished Australian opposition shifts left with new leader

The Australian Labour Party unexpectedly lost to incumbent leader Scott Morrison on May 18, despite leading in the polls running up to the election.

Ramaphosa is not Thatcher incarnate. Nor will he attempt to bring her back to life. The last thing this country needs is the divisive, confrontational and uncompromising ideological dogma of a quasi-Thatcherism, writes the author. (John McCann)

Ramaphosa and the Thatcherite moment of truth

Cyril Ramaphosa is no Margaret Thatcher but he is having to determine the same issue: Who runs the country?

Eusebio Mbiuki, a 100-year-old veteran who lives in poverty in Kenya shared how he fought for Britain but was not given any compensation when the war ended. (Getty Images)

African soldiers who fought for Britain paid less than white counterparts – Archives

Documents found in Britain’s national archives reveal that more than 500 000 black soldiers were underpaid for their service in WWII

John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons. (Reuters/Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva)
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The man holding the Brexit cards: Speaker John Bercow

Speaker John Bercow is best known for presiding over debates, bellowing "Order! Order!" at unruly lawmakers and chastising ministers who displease him

On Tuesday, MPs dealt the prime minister the heaviest drubbing in modern British political history by rejecting the divorce agreement by a stunning 432 votes to 202. (Toby Melville/Reuters)

UK PM May reaches out to rivals after winning confidence vote

Theresa May conceded the divorce terms she struck with the EU had been roundly rejected, but vowed to work to find an alternative

British Prime Minister Theresa May has resigned. (Reuters/Dylan Martinez)

British PM faces confidence vote after Brexit humiliation

May suffered the largest government defeat in modern British history when the House of Commons rejected the withdrawal agreement struck late last year

Britain has been on a strict diet of austerity measures that curbed spending and raised taxes in the wake of the financial crisis. (Justin Tallis/AFP)

Brexit in dates: From Leave shock to Parliament’s historic vote

Here are the milestones on Britain’s rocky road out of the European Union after 46 years

Theresa May leaves after a news conference following a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium December 14 2018. (Eric Vidal/Reuters)

Brexit deal vote: UK Parliament’s feuding factions

Parliament is to finally vote on Tuesday on whether to support or vote against the agreement

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (AFP)

‘Love Corbyn, hate Brexit’: Labour faces Brexit split

​Britain’s main opposition Labour Party is bracing for a tumultuous debate on the toxic issue of Brexit at its annual conference

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New Zealand budget aims to deliver on ‘Jacinda-mania’

Government has boosted spending on welfare and public services in a budget aimed at delivering on promises made during last year’s election campaign

UK Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn at the party’s recent conference. His leadership has revived the party’s fortunes.

Britain’s Labour Party and the ANC: why the stark contrast of fortunes?

Britain’s Labour Party is anticipating the making of a new social revolution but the ANC is in disarray with no moral compass or credible leadership

Jeremy Corbyn’s left-wing stance has boosted Labour’s membership but is unpopular with many of his MPs.

UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn comes out fighting ahead of election

A new poll put the centre-left party 24 points behind Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives.

The tour, which will also take her to Kenya, is part of a campaign to promote Britain’s global ambitions after Brexit. (AFP)

May calls for June election ahead of Brexit talks

Britain started the formal process of leaving the EU last month, but the negotiations are not due to begin for weeks.