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October 4, 2023

United States
A California Bill Could Outlaw Caste Discrimination. Other States Should Follow Suit.

California is set to become the first state to ban discrimination on the basis of caste, giving the United States a window of opportunity to be a leading example on the issue across the world.

Newsom

February 2, 2024

West Africa
ECOWAS Split Spells Trouble for Democracy in West Africa

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have left the most important West African regional bloc due to escalating tensions over their democratic decline, leaving room for Russia to assert itself in the region…

October 15, 2024

Democracy
Religion and Foreign Policy Webinar: Religion in the 2024 U.S. Election

Adelle M. Banks, projects editor and national reporter for Religion News Service, and Adam Nicholas Phillips, chief strategy officer and chief of staff at Interfaith America, discuss the evolving rol…

Play Supporters of Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump pray during the invocation on the day Trump makes a campaign stop at manufacturer FALK Production in Walker, Michigan, U.S. September 27, 2024.

October 13, 2022

Tanzania
Maasai Evictions Highlight Conflict Between “Preservation” and Citizenship

The regional court’s ruling in favor of the Tanzanian government has serious implications for indigenous citizenship rights and the state of democracy in the country. 

A man wearing red stands in the middle of the road filled with tear gas, while a police officer dressed in blue blows a whistle.

June 29, 2022

Immigration and Migration
Uproar Over Britain’s Rwanda Asylum Plan Overlooks Nagging Issues in Illegal Migration

Support for immigration in the West must be balanced with concern about governance in African countries. 

Britain's Home Secretary, Priti Patel, gestures with a confused look to government officials.

July 1, 2024

Nigeria
Rumors of a Political Capture

Accusations of influence peddling in the heart of its presidency raise the ugly scepter of state capture in Nigeria.

President Bola Tinubu is pictured by a microphone giving a speech.

June 24, 2024

Nigeria
Who Needs an Emir?

The ongoing Emirship tussle in Nigeria begs broader questions about the place of traditional rulership in Africa’s emerging democracies.

Emir of Kano, Muhammad Lamido Sanusi II, rides on a dressed horse wearing a traditional white outfit.

June 4, 2024

Nigeria
A Second Coming?

Among a cross section of Nigerian Christians, support for former US President Donald Trump remains stubbornly strong.  

Former U.S. president Donald Trump prays with pastors