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President Joseph Boakai is now authorised to submit a legal framework for the courts’ establishment back to the legislature to pass into law.
With Florida holding a similar referendum this year, the abortion rights issue underscores the important role now played by referendums in states where one party has control of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286424
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The move by non-tenure-track faculty and post-doctoral researchers came two months after Claudine Gay resigned under pressure as the university’s president. The two developments…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286015
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The two parties associated with him are currently in the minority in the unicameral legislature. Muizzu came to power after winning last year’s presidential race. He was a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286430
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In a March 4 speech, former Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane, currently secretary-general of the Islamist-leaning Justice and Development Party (PJD), threatened a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285918
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In his inaugural speech -- which he was unable to finish because he felt faint -- the 79-year-old Boakai vowed to tackle corruption, explore the possibility of establishing a war…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285220
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The same day, the government ordered an administrative intervention into one of Colombia’s largest private healthcare providers (EPSs), EPS Sanitas, citing financial mismanagement…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286344
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The PD has started healing some of the rifts that have divided it for nearly three years. Nevertheless, Prime Minister Edi Rama’s Socialist Party (PS) is favourite to win…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286244
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Meanwhile, junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traore’s increasingly evident desire to hang onto power indefinitely is having dire domestic repercussions, including a muzzled press, a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285477
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It is a rewriting of the National Security Law adopted in 2020 under Article 23 and is being fast-tracked by lawmakers. It aims to expand government powers against dissent as…