[allAfrica] Monrovia -- Despite democratic backsliding and declining political freedom in some countries across the region, Africans demonstrate more "favourable engagement" with governance compared to other parts of the world. This is the finding from Afrobarometer's 2025 flagship report African Insights 2025: Citizen Engagement, Citizen Power: Africans Claim the Promise of Democracy which assessed citizen participation across 39 African nations.

[The New Humanitarian] Nairobi -- For too long, refugees and RLOs have been sidelined by governments, refugee agencies, and donors - despite being key to understanding and overcoming the barriers to refugee inclusion.