Its base is almost as mad at their leaders as they are at the president

He had an impossible job, and did it badly

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Soviet-style educational propaganda is back

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The swing voters of 2024 have abandoned the president

Kenya is the latest African country to struggle with anti-migrant sentiment

As reading declines, ideas are spreading not by text but by spoken word

Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s popularity reflects a country crying out for a hero

Some are pretending to work to keep up appearances

His two priorities sit awkwardly together

But the Houthis have been here before, and lost it

A late surge by the ruling Social Democrats in an eastern state could slow the far right’s momentum

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