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Dramatic emergence of the 8th National Assembly

The key issues emerging, however, from the dramatic elections have to do with the state of our democracy – internal democracy among the parties

Does Egypt have a government?

Military officers often take over countries, but only a fool would call the result a government. Governments do not have to be democratic, but they do

‘Super Tuesday’ at the National Assembly

The Thought Police, or Thinkpol, in the novel’s Newspeak, became, for generations, the shorthand of the behavior of dictatorships and undemocratic gov

Who is imagining Africa?

The G7 countries met as thousands of young Africans were drowning in the Mediterranean Sea while being exported to Europe. Gaddafi had attracted these

The distraction Buhari can’t afford

After all, such post-election interparty political machinations and intraparty feuds are quite common even in developed democracies where elected poli