by Eli Ameyibor | Feb 4, 2022 | University of Chicago
When All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Muhammadu Buhari defeated the incumbent Johnathan Goodluck from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 Nigerian election, many saw the country as finally heading toward democracy. Goodluck had been in...
by MVIRGILI21@KU.EDU.TR | Jan 18, 2022 | Koç University
The Dominican Republic, through the voice of its current president, Luis Abinader, has announced the construction of a wall to permanently separate the 380 km border with Haiti in order to combat and put an end to illegal immigration, drug trafficking and rampant...
by Madison Mahoney | Dec 20, 2021 | Suffolk University
The Republic of Colombia has a history riddled with conflict, violence, and injustices. Throughout the last two centuries, they’ve fallen from democracy and made their way back on multiple occasions. However, when is it too far gone to fix? Is the nation’s...
by Marley Belanger | Dec 9, 2021 | Suffolk University
Cameroon is a country facing three major humanitarian emergencies: the Anglophone Crisis/Ambazonia Civil War, conflict with the terrorist organization Boko Haram in the Far North, and a massive refugee crisis. All of this is coupled with the impact of COVID-19....
by Natalia Dutra | Dec 2, 2021 | Georgia State University
After the sharp turn that the Moreno administration took, is Ecuador finally free from Populism’s deadly grip? While it seemed that the presidency of Rafael Correa would be the end of democracy in Ecuador, the unexpected election of President Lenín Moreno signaled a...