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Kenya’s top court gives democracy a second chance

With its decision to nullify the results of last month’s presidential election, Kenya’s top court has invalidated the votes of some 15 million citizens. It has also struck a blow for democracy that will reverberate across Africa. Now comes the hard part: Holding new elections within 60 days that are untainted by the irregularities, intimidation and violence that have scarred ...

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What Trump owes the ‘Dreamers’

President Donald Trump is not generally the reticent type. When it comes to the fate of almost 800,000 young immigrants known as Dreamers, however, he has been unusually quiet. Trump is under pressure from conservative state officials who are threatening to sue the federal government next week if he doesn’t end a 2012 program that enables so-called Dreamers — young ...

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Demonetisation, Modi’s biggest move, a total bust

When India’s prime minister announced last November that 86% of India’s currency would be worthless in hours, he presented the decree as a well-thought-out measure to attack cash “hoarded by anti-national and anti-social elements”. We were led to believe that honest taxpayers would line up to return their high-value currency notes, but these “anti-national and anti-social elements” would be unable ...

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