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The fierce electoral competition in Somaliland – coupled with clan politics and governance challenges – makes it important to understand the implications of the de facto independent state’s recent presidential election outcome.

Turnout at the 2024 general election was just 60% – one of the lowest in modern history. This is not an isolated phenomenon: there was a decline in turnout for the 2024 local elections, and the byelections held during the 2019-2024 parliament had the lowest recorded average turnout since 1945.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand considers leading the DSCC for 2026, focusing on key voter concerns like immigration and child safety.

The mass rape trial that shook France is entering its final phase after ten weeks. But its implications for how we think about sexual violence and who experiences it will last much longer.

British farmers are protesting against proposals in the recent budget to change inheritance tax relief on farms. They claim the change will force many farm families to sell land in order to pay tax bills. While that is debatable, this is only the latest grievance for farmers who have had…

Yvette Cooper said she was in favour of the ‘principle of needing change’ to the law.

The Home Secretary declined to say whether Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be arrested if he came to the UK.

The money will go to countries like Colombia and Indonesia to support vital global ‘carbon sinks’.

Yvette Cooper told Sky News that there has been an ‘aggressive, blustering tone’ from Mr Putin throughout the conflict.

A new Reuters/Ipsos poll showed inflation, immigration and the economy as the top issues voters think Trump should handle as soon as he assumes office.

The International Criminal Court has issued a warrant for Netanyahu over alleged war crimes in Gaza.