Thailand has been in mass antigovernment protests and rallies in a decade, largely caused by the combination of democratic deterioration and frustrations over the role of the monarchy. The recent protests kicked off in August 2020 as Thai people took the streets and started to vividly criticize the institution of the monarchy and King Maha Vajiralongkorn, demanding reduced royal powers (BBC, …

The history of Nigeria is a long and complex one, like many states in Africa it is a story of struggle, of subjugation, of instability and tensions. Nigeria covers a landmass of over 930,000 squared kilometres and has a population of over 200 million people making it the most populous place in Africa by far, and the 15th largest by …

On Sunday, Tunisian President, Kais Saied, removed the Prime Minister, Hichem Mechichi, from office and announced he would assume executive authority with the assistance of a new prime minister, then suspended parliament for 30 days with the help of the army.  Subsequently he has deposed various ministers including the defense and acting justice minister. Saied has defended the decision, arguing …

At the beginning of July, Lithuania declared state of emergency due to the large number of illegal migrants who crossed into the country from neighboring Belarus. Most of them were Iraqi citizens, but there were also people from Syria, Tajikistan and Russia (Centre for Eastern Studies 2021, “The Lithuanian-Belarusian migration crisis”). This is not the first time European countries witnessing …