As a post-conflict country, Afghanistan experienced its first democratic elections in 2004 and 2005, with overwhelming support from the international community. However, the electoral system still needs to be developed in order to ensure transparency. The existing flaws have resulted in prolonged instability and further weakened the legitimacy of the government. This raises more concerns, especially as the 2018 parliamentary elections are just around the corner.

Zimbabweans have been celebrating Robert Mugabe’s demise but the new administration could fail to bring change. The opposition and civic groups urgently need to regroup and intensify the fight for reforms in the electoral, media and security sectors to ensure holistic change.

A high-level forum to revive South Sudan's 2015 peace agreement is underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – and the stakes could not be higher.

Mansour Omari, a Syrian journalist in his mid-thirties with wavy hair and sideburns, spent a year documenting the names of detainees who disappeared after the inspiring days of the Arab Spring devolved into a chaotic civil war. Then he became one of the disappeared.

A high-level forum to revive South Sudan's 2015 peace agreement is underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – and the stakes could not be higher. The internal conflict that began four years ago has driven two million people from the country and left more than a million others a step away from famine, according to the United Nations.

During the Taliban’s rule, women in Afghanistan had very restricted rights and could not work, but their rights have significantly improved since then. As a result, more women have entered the workplace and have begun their first jobs or started their own businesses. An unprecedented amount of Afghan women...

President Donald Trump just unveiled his vision for America’s national security — and it shows the contradictions at the heart of Trump’s foreign policy. On Monday, Trump released his official National Security Strategy, a document laying out how the US plans to handle its national security...

Having fled their houses due to military conflict and living with the uncertainty of whether they will ever regain that property, some have been poorly regarded in their new host communities.