Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The state of Democracy in Middle East and North Africa can be comparatively assessed [1] according to various definitions of democracy. [2] De jure democracies in the Middle East and North Africa are according to system of government: Parliamentary republic: Iraq, [3] Israel, Lebanon [4] Presidential republic: Syria, Tunisia, Turkey
The top 3 African countries ranked by V-Dem Democracy indices Electoral Democracy metric in 2024 were Cape Verde, Seychelles, and South Africa. [2] The Freedom Index ranks states based on the protection of 'political and civil liberties and freedoms' that individuals receive including the freedom to participate in elections. [3]
Of the $53.1 billion in aid disbursed to Africa from 2021 and 2024, only 2 percent has been allocated toward initiatives focused on democracy, human rights and governance.
As the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is an area of the world vital to American interests [1] yet generally entrenched in non-democratic, authoritarian rule, [2] [3] it has been the subject of increasing interest on the part of the American government and democracy promoters, particularly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 ...
Half of the world's countries are suffering democratic decline, ranging from flawed elections to curtailed rights including freedoms of expression and assembly, an intergovernmental watchdog group ...
[85] [86] According to reports in the South Korean media, there have been small pockets of protests in North Korea. [87] North Korea responded internally by censoring all news of the Arab Spring, banning all public demonstrations, and stationing Korean People's Army tanks in Kim Il-sung Square, Pyongyang. [88]
The term "Arab Winter" refers to the events across Arab League countries in the Middle East and North Africa, including the Syrian civil war, [8] [9] the Iraqi insurgency and subsequent war in Iraq, [10] the Egyptian Crisis, [11] the Libyan crisis, and the Yemeni crisis including the Yemeni civil war. [12]
This is a List of political parties in Africa by country, linking to the country list of parties and the political system of each country in the region. Northern Africa [ edit ]