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Kampala, Uganda Uganda’s electoral commission said Saturday that longtime President Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth five-year term, while top opposition challenger Bobi Wine alleges rigging and officials struggle to explain how polling results were compiled amid an internet blackout. In a generational clash watched across the African continent with a booming young population and […]

1. United States Several U.S. cities are addressing voting rights violations for non-English speakers with new urgency, including Malden, Massachusetts, where people of Asian descent make up 23% of its residents. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 calls for translated voting materials in jurisdictions that meet certain criteria, such as having 10,000 eligible voters or […]

Like many Afghans desperate for peace, Shogofa Sediqi, chief director for Afghanistan’s Women’s TV network, had hoped the danger to civil society and women’s rights posed by the Taliban would recede when the insurgents and government began talks in September. But an unprecedented surge in targeted assassinations in Kabul and other urban centers since autumn […]

President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to restore America to its place as a world leader, and a key plank in that platform is a closer relationship with Washington’s traditional European allies. But that may not be as easy to build as the next administration hopes. When Mr. Biden’s team signaled clearly last month that they […]

In Uganda, like much of the world, the line between protecting people’s health and upholding their rights has often been a blurry one during the pandemic. And in Uganda, that has played into the hands of the country’s 76-year-old president, Yoweri Museveni, who is running for a sixth term in Thursday’s election. The president has […]

Jerusalem Israel on Monday advanced plans to build 800 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank, a move that could strain ties with the incoming administration of United States President-elect Joe Biden. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced the move, saying it would include 100 homes in a settlement where an Israeli woman was […]

On the winter solstice, in a bright blue sweater, an orange turban, and brown snow boots, Gurdeep Pandher posted a video of himself online doing what he calls a “happy dance”: arms to the sky, knees high, and the broadest of smiles. This is what he does in the snow-covered forest behind his cabin near […]

Just over a year ago, pro-democracy candidates won Hong Kong’s district council elections in a landslide. The vote, taking place amid months of massive protests for democracy, signaled voters’ desire to maintain and strengthen the city’s freedoms. But last week 53 democracy advocates, including one U.S. citizen, were arrested in early-morning raids by Hong Kong […]

Philadelphia Under the weight of a soaked blanket, Megan Cohen inched her way, on foot, along a stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia, the rain beating against her frail body. She wasn’t looking to be saved. “I was so broken. I was homeless at that point for quite a while and I wasn’t in the […]

At a time when democracies are on the defensive worldwide, the U.S. Capitol crisis resonated strongly. What hit home among allies from Canada to Germany wasn’t just the mob violence. It was the fact that a sitting president instigated the assault, with the declared aim of staying in power. Whether in Beijing, Amman, or Tel […]