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Somaliland: Mixed motivations
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 03/01/2026
» Last week Israel was the first country in the world to establish diplomatic relations with Somaliland. Not Somalia, a wreck of a country on the East African coast that has been mired in civil war for the past thirty-five years, but Somaliland, a different country just north of there that has been peaceful, relatively prosperous and even democratic for all those years.
Over 900,000 registered for advance, overseas voting
Online Reporters, Published on 02/01/2026
» The Election Commission (EC) announced that between Dec 20 and Jan 1, a total of 937,061 people registered to vote in advance or from overseas for the upcoming general election on Feb 8 this year.
Referendum date officially set for same election day
Online Reporters, Published on 02/01/2026
» The referendum day on the constitution will officially take place on the same day as the general election, which is on Feb 8 this year.
Pheu Thai hails input to charter campaign
Published on 29/12/2025
» The Pheu Thai Party is working with civil society groups to encourage the public to vote "yes" in the referendum on whether a new constitution should be adopted.
Guinea junta chief headed for victory in presidential vote
AFP, Published on 29/12/2025
» CONAKRY - Guineans voted in a presidential election Sunday with Mamady Doumbouya, a general who led the junta that seized power four years ago, the clear favourite, and the main opposition leaders barred from standing.
Bangkok voters as hard to fathom as ever
Published on 28/12/2025
» As Thailand edges closer to the Feb 8 general election, Bangkok once again emerges as the country's most unpredictable and symbolically important political battleground.
Pheu Thai flags low public referendum awareness
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 27/12/2025
» The Pheu Thai Party has warned that many voters remain unaware that a national referendum on drafting a new constitution will be held on the same day as the Feb 8 general election, cautioning that poor public communication could jeopardise the outcome and make future constitutional change far more difficult.
Another wasted year in Thai politics
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 26/12/2025
» As Thailand winds down 2025 with an early election looming on Feb 8, the most consequential issue to watch in the coming year will be whether recent topsy-turvy political patterns of polls, protests, and military and judicial interventions give way to a compromise between the old guard clinging on to vested interests and the new generation clamouring for reform and change.
Wife of jailed Istanbul mayor vows to ‘keep fighting’
AFP, Published on 25/12/2025
» ISTANBUL - Turkish democracy has taken a heavy beating since the jailing of Istanbul’s popular opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, his wife told AFP, saying it has been painful for his family but that the ordeal has made them stronger.
Ukraine reveals US-led peace plan but questions remain
AFP, Published on 24/12/2025
» KYIV - Ukraine won some concessions in the latest version of a US-led draft plan to end the Russian invasion, revealed by President Volodymyr Zelensky, though key questions remain over territory and whether Moscow could accept the new terms.