State-driven arrests of bloggers and activists are effectively reinstating the harsh controls on speech, that the repeal of criminal libel laws was meant to end.

Governments must now choose: keep political money largely hidden, or adopt the basic transparency needed to sustain public ...

The December 7 interview between former President John Agyekum Kufuor and celebrated broadcaster Deloris Frimpong Manso, ...

Benin's president said Sunday that the "situation is completely under control" in his country after the government thwarted ...

Kanu has long championed the secession of Nigeria's south-east region, a demand the Nigerian constitution forbids. The last major attempt at secession, in 1967, triggered a 30-month civil war that ...

Nigeria is currently grappling with a spate of mass abductions. But the vast country - bigger than France and Germany combined - also faces ...

The concept of “Greater Israel” has long been a potent and polarizing idea in Israeli politics. It refers to a vision in ...

The word "ideology" has become a fixture in American political rhetoric, invoked by leaders to cast opponents' beliefs as ...

Following the championing of the Democratic Party in the US, with the winnings of democratic candidates in Virginia, California and New ...

Last week, the board of regents of the Texas A&M University System voted to forbid professors from teaching courses that “advocate race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Hours after being sworn in for a second term, President Donald Trump used his ...

Texas A&M University System regents will vote Thursday to ban classes on “race” and “gender ideology” unless they are approved by the institution’s president or a designee — the latest escalation in a ...