Contrary to the colonialist perspective, democracy is not a foreign concept in Africa. Chalachew Tadesse describes the successful election of Somaliland’s new president.
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A group of Cuban dissidents gathered in Puerto Rico earlier this month to formulate a plan to strengthen their position in securing their country’s future.
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Beijing wants to turn Hong Kong into a little China and put it under the central government’s direct control. It broke its promise to allow citizens suffrage in Hong Kong’s first general election. The 2017 general election will be like chicken ribs: flavorless, but not bad enough to throw out.
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For more than two decades, Samarasinghe fought for justice, freedom, and accountability in Sri Lanka. Produced in the wake of catastrophic loss, her poems unflinchingly merge the personal with the political, evoking the emotional heft of both “a cry and a song.”
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Mesfin Negash discusses citizens who believe they can create a “freedom island” under a dictatorship system that inherently curtails freedom.
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Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo discusses Alain Robert’s choice to climb one of Fidel Castro’s favorite buildings in Cuba in the name of individual freedom.
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