Politics / Elections

Empower yourself! Use your vote! Illustration by Kate Evans.

Maasai pastoralists disenfranchised ahead of local elections, reports Kizito Makoye.

Struggling with an ethical dilemma? New Internationalist’s Agony Uncle can help you find answers in our troubled political times.

Membership, election year, and party types around the world.

With the fading of the historic centre-left and centre-right parties, and mass working-class abstention, Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National has built its vote without recreating a typical mass party. By David Broder.

Britain’s general election saw the rightwing Conservatives swept out – and a huge majority for Labour. But the shallowness of the victorious party’s support points to an existential threat to dominant parties across the world, argues Conrad Landin.

This year’s election could mark a major shift in South Africa’s parliamentary politics. But re-building a Left capable of winning popular support presents a far bigger challenge, argue William Shoki and Niall Reddy.

Report from the election in Chile by Carole Concha Bell

What does the future hold for young people in Nigeria after the 2023 presidential elections? Obiora Ikoku reports.

Futura D’Aprile reports on the upcoming elections in Turkey.

We took money out of politics? Frank Fornby shares his vision for better representation.

Wars in cyberspace are wars on our minds. JJ Patrick on the murky underworld of big data, social media, espionage and the spread of chaos through disinformation.

Whatever his shortcomings, Ramaphosa is probably the last chance for the older generation of ANC leadership to make good on long-promised equality and justice, Richard Swift writes.

The Hondurans who took to the streets following the election were met by a hailstorm of teargas and sometimes live gunfire, writes Richard Swift.

Progressive city governments in the Barcelona area have showed the world how turning back privatization is achievable at a local level. But there remain obstacles to be overcome, says Luke Stobart.