The country descended into chaos in January,amid a failed coup. Now Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is promising to shed his personal power.
As Ukrainians deal with the devastation of the Russian attacks in their homeland,many are also encountering a confounding backlash from family members in Russia,who refuse to believe that Russian soldiers could bomb innocent people
The Cambodian Prime Minister has already “zoom-bombed” an opposition meeting,now from next month the country will filter all online content China-style.
The Brazilain President,a former army captain,has sought to steer the public conversation to his nostalgia for the 1964-1985 dictatorship and away from his handling of the pandemic.
The absurdity of a pair of poisoned underpants is a symbol of autocratic tendencies putting democracy at risk.
Last year,Kim vowed to make a"frontal breakthrough"in the country's campaign to build a self-reliant economy as global sanctions tightened.
Maxim Znak was the latest figure to be seized by masked men in a systematic campaign by the government of Alexander Lukashenko to round up opposition leaders.
Maria Kolesnikova was reportedly put on a minibus in the capital and driven away by unidentified people.
From exile,Sviatlana Tsikhanovskaya also said the UN Human Rights Commission should hold a special session on the human rights situation in her country.
In this Explainer,published after Alexei Navalny’s near-fatal poisoning with a nerve agent in 2020,reporter Sherryn Groch explored how he became a target and why other Russians had succumbed to rare poisons.
North Korea has been ruled by the Kim family since it was founded after World War II. Since then succession has happened only twice.