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WORLD NEWS DAY OP-ED Facts under attack in the US — global lessons from a press in peril 5 min 1 By Martin Baron
TRUMP 2.0 Goose-step by goose-step, Republican Party authoritarianism marches into the political arena 5 min 1 By J Brooks Spector
IN LOO OF PROTEST Pot shots — take a dump on Trump or an oligarch dictator with these inspired toilet creations 4 min 0 By Herman Lategan
The Conversation Would you join the resistance if stuck in an authoritarian regime? Here’s the psychology 5 min 2 By Magnus Linden and George R. Wilkes
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS Donald Trump — the ‘Day Before’, the ‘Morning After’, and everything in between 4 min 0 By Raymond Suttner
INSIDE AMERICA A culture awash in lies: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist delivers stark warning on US democracy 3 min 0 By Marianne Thamm
OPEN LETTER Dear UN Secretary-General Guterres: Your tenure has been a failure on multiple fronts 7 min 15 By The Platform for African Democrats
ISS TODAY OP-ED How would a Donald Trump presidency 2.0 affect economies in Africa? 5 min 0 By Ronak Gopaldas
CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH Trump and Zuma — authoritarianism, nationalism and inflammatory populism 5 min 0 By Robin Koshelev and Narnia Bohler-Muller
POET’S CORNER Political football — it’s either the road less travelled for Mzansi, or another own goal 5 min 0 By Rethabile Masilo
MAVERICK CITIZEN OP-ED Mozambican government’s legitimacy crisis reinforces authoritarianism 5 min 0 By Boaventura Monjane and Teresa Amal
WAR IN EUROPE OP-ED Why Ukraine’s inevitable victory against Russia will be a win for Africa 5 min 12 By Bobi Wine, Zitto Kabwe, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo and Greg Mills
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OP-ED The world has changed, but South Africa’s foreign policy has failed to change with it 4 min 5 By Greg Mills and Ray Hartley
VOTER APATHY OP-ED Here’s why president Emmerson Mnangagwa will win Zimbabwe’s 2023 elections 4 min 2 By Anotida Chikumbu
ISS TODAY ANALYSIS Tunisia’s Arab Spring champion straying into authoritarian territory 3 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
HUMAN RIGHTS OP-ED Our democracy and civic values are under attack – the fightback starts in the classroom 5 min 2 By Faranaaz Veriava and Lawson Naidoo
COVERING CLIMATE NOW OP-ED Defusing the global climate emergency depends on defusing the democracy emergency 3 min 1 By Mark Hertsgaard
ISS TODAY ANALYSIS Good governance and anti-corruption key to growth and democracy but African nations are falling behind 4 min 0 By Enoch Randy Aikins for ISS Today
