A growing movement in Utah is challenging the “Stratos Project,” a city-sized AI data center backed by TV personality Kevin O’Leary, over concerns about democratic oversight, water use, and environmental collapse.

The newly-elected Balendra Shah-led centrist government in Nepal has been criticized for various undemocratic and unconstitutional moves based on its “superficial” reading of the country’s political problems.

Stuffing ballot boxes and barring strong opposition candidates from contesting, the regime in Benin – propped up by a foreign military intervention last December – staged an election to hand over the reins from the outgoing president to his chosen successor.

While the government has denied reports about 93-year-old President Paul Biya appointing his son to the newly created post of vice president, dynastic succession remains a major concern in the country that has only had two presidents since independence.

Millions of people had taken to the streets immediately after the declaration of martial law on December 3, 2024, forcing Yoon to withdraw the measure and the National Assembly to vote the measure as illegal.

Imaam Mazari and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, were sentenced to 17 years in prison last week for their social media posts condemning enforced disappearances and false blasphemy accusations in the country.

The arrests of two beloved Black activists in Minneapolis sparked outrage and defiance from the community, with leaders calling for resistance and a nationwide general strike against state repression.

Uganda goes to the polls on January 15, 2026, in an election between long-serving President Yoweri Museveni against youthful opposition challenger Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, amid a nationwide internet shutdown and delays at several polling stations.

The recent elections in Tanzania, Cameroon, and Côte d’Ivoire lay bare the contradictions of neoliberal democracy in Africa, where the ruling class clings to power through coercion and electoral manipulation to protect imperial and class interests.

Tanzania’s disputed elections, already clouded by credibility concerns, ended with President Samia Suluhu declared the winner. Authorities have intensified arrests and crackdowns, while opposition leaders claim that thousands were killed during post-election protests.

The proposed amendments, it is feared, may further compromise the independence of the judiciary and will legalize the supremacy of the armed forces in Pakistan’s political system.

Although months away, the political climate leading up to elections is already being shaped by repression and restrictions.