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The EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Tuesday that 600 million euros spent training security personnel in the Sahel had "failed to bolster democracy". His comments follow recent coups in both Niger and Gabon.

King George III reputedly said of the inaugural US president, George Washington, on learning the American had declined a third term of office, that he was “the greatest character of the age”. George III marvelled at Washington because, despite entreaties that he continue as president, Washington had voluntarily ceded power.…

Simultaneous elections risk a blurring of the distinct forums and arenas of democracy in India

"The sad fact is that no one, including Judge Chutkan, has been willing to employ the power of the judicial system"

Peter Dutton knows that the louder the contention about the voice gets, the more Australians will switch off

First Lady Jill Biden saluted Colleen Shogan, the first woman to be sworn in as national archivist, saying that democracy’s power is “made real with access to history, unfiltered and uncensored.”

International study reveals 42% of people aged 18 to 35 supportive of military rule, against 20% of older respondents

Gabriel Boric makes speech outside palace where Salvador Allende was overthrown in 1973, ushering in brutal military dictatorship