Senegalese President Macky Sall announced on Saturday that he had indefinitely postponed the country’s presidential election, a move the opposition has denounced as an attack on West Africa’s most stable democracy.
The coup that rocked Myanmar three years ago showed just how fragile the country’s democratic transition was, even as its aftermath has shown how resilient the country’s pro-democracy movement remains.
EU leaders unanimously agreed to extend €50 billion in new aid to Ukraine, overcoming weeks of resistance from the sole holdout, Hungarian PM Viktor Orban. The aid package is a significant boost for Ukraine’s finances and morale as well as a victory for Brussels.