It is with gratitude that Opposition International welcomes U Win (a pseudonym for safety reasons) as a contributor. U Win is a researcher and human rights activist from Myanmar, with…

Change from one year or one election from the one before is often exaggerated. We perceive changes more readily than how things stay the same. Politics in particular tends to…

Mo Ibrahim foundation report: African governance ‘backslides’ on democracy Mo Ibrahim foundation report: African governance ‘backslides’ on democracy — Read on hicginewsagency.com/2023/01/27/mo-ibrahim-foundation-report-african-governance-backslides-on-democracy/

Tundu Lissu returns to Tanzania http://owenlippert.ca/2023/01/30/tundu-lissu-returns-to-tanzania/ — Read on owenlippert.ca/2023/01/30/tundu-lissu-returns-to-tanzania/

Uche, who follows Opposition International on LinkedIn, just published an article asserting that with the election in flux, the opposition parties may be in the strongest position ever. Most interesting.

The saga of the Government’s legal actions against Candlelight party leader Thach Setha takes an odd twist. After a flurry of threats from PM Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party, some…

Yiaga Africa, an election monitoring organisation, has called for immediate action from the security agencies and stakeholders to see to the increase in — Read on tribuneonlineng.com/insecurity-violence-vote-trading-threaten-2023-elections-yiaga/

IRI Releases Publication on Supporting Peaceful Political Transitions https://www.iri.org/news/iri-releases-publication-on-supporting-peaceful-political-transitions/ — Read on www.iri.org/news/iri-releases-publication-on-supporting-peaceful-political-transitions/

Professor Cheeseman’s article on ideas and ideologies stands out as guide to the deeper currents of democracy and opposition in Africa. A professor at the University of Birmingham, he founded…