Restoring the Federal Death Penalty
On 25 July 2019 the United States Attorney General William Barr, announced that he would instruct the US Bureau of Prisons to start preparations for the execution of five people who have been found guilty […]
On 25 July 2019 the United States Attorney General William Barr, announced that he would instruct the US Bureau of Prisons to start preparations for the execution of five people who have been found guilty […]
Israel hit the news earlier this month for its hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest, which showcased one face of the country. But even more recently, its politics has become a festival of high drama […]
South Africa had a general election on Wednesday 8 May. The ‘New South Africa’ is now 25 years old. The 2019 vote was the sixth fully democratic election in the country, following the historic 1994 […]
Spain’s voters went to the polls on Sunday 28 April. Despite the fact that this was the third general election in four years, people seemed to be interested in this election. Turnout (the proportion of […]
Elections have been coming in thick and fast in several countries. We have written about Nigeria, Senegal and Slovakia in other articles on the site but there have been several other important elections around the […]
The first stage of presidential elections took place in Slovakia on Saturday, 16 March 2019; no candidate achieved an overall majority so the two leading candidates will go on to a decisive election on 30 […]
The first round of elections for the Presidency of Senegal took place on Sunday 24 February. The incumbent President Macky Sall won re-election with 58 per cent of the vote on a 67 per cent […]
UPDATE: Results President Buhari (APC party) was declared the winner of the election by Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, with 15 million votes compared to his rival Atiku Abubakar’s (PDP party) 11 million votes. The […]
At last, the end has come for the long international legal dispute over the name of the country that lies north of Greece and south of Serbia. It is now the Republic of North Macedonia […]
Nancy Pelosi took office as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives on 3 January 2019. What is the Speakership of the House? The Speaker is the presiding officer of a legislature. She or […]