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Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi played a prominent role in South African politics for almost half a century. He was one of the last of a generation of black South African leaders who influenced the transition from the white minority apartheid regime to a society under a democratically elected government.

The “health of democracy” is an important issue for the India-U.S. relationship, said senior U.S. White House officials, adding that U.S. President Joe Biden raised these issues in every meeting he has held with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The PM is keen to show India as the ‘mother of democracy’, but this is one of the most undemocratic periods in its history, says the journalist Rana Ayyub

"If anything is a reprehensible act for a high official in a democracy that deserves retribution, this is a good example," says professor Ilya Somin.

Outcome of Saturday’s presidential election could be key to India and China’s battle for influence in the Indian Ocean.

AILU opposes One Nation One Election policy, citing it against democracy, federalism & Constitution.

From her New Delhi home, acclaimed Indian writer and activist talks about G20 summit and state of India’s minorities.

Despite his lip-service to democracy and human rights, Biden keeps embracing autocrats and would-be autocrats

"Real and actual violence is only becoming increasingly more likely"

Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam. The world is one family.

The angry niece of former president Donald Trump, Mary Trump, attacked Tesla CEO Elon Musk in posts on X.