CORRUPTION is a deeply ingrained issue in the political landscape, particularly in Papua New Guinea. This is a result of a transactional relationship between voters and politicians, where elections ...

"In 2024, the same year democracy levels hit their lowest point since The Economist's Democracy Index was created in 2006, ...

Some 56 nations from around the world will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa next month.

It marks the fifth challenge to Marape's leadership over a Pacific nation wracked by violence, instability - and a ...

Growing numbers of smart conservatives now see MAGA as a threat, not only to democracy but to the survival of the Republican Party.

And it’s not out of the question this year. The college was originally advertised as a shield against a fickle public and the excesses of democracy. Its deliberations would be governed by ...

A grandmother and mother-of-eight, Ms Tony is one of 23 people from Papua New Guinea's highlands who made the gruelling four-day trek to welcome Pope Francis to the country. Flying from Indonesia ...

Well, the tentative date for the Democracy Arts Festival has been advanced. We are now looking at Sept. 28. This gives us another week to plan, and another week for people to get ready who want to ...

Tonga's Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni underscored the role of police to provide "freedom from fear" in democracies in a speech to Pacific Islands police chiefs on Tuesday, noting the rising ...

Sinclair Dinnen receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Papua New Guinea has had a difficult year, beginning with serious rioting and looting in the capital, Port Moresby ...

Human Rights Campaign president Kelley Robinson urged people to "reimagine" freedom and democracy beyond the Founders' "little piece of paper" at the Democratic National Convention (DNC ...

Federal agents indicted a pro-democracy activist who demonstrated in Beijing's Tiananmen Square for spying on his fellow dissidents in New York City. REUTERS A New York City-based Chinese-American ...