Seeds of change in Ethiopia

NOVANEWS By Graham Peebles  The people of Ethiopia have been suppressed and controlled for generations. Under the current Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) government, freedom of expression has been curtailed and an atmosphere of fear […]

From chaos to a new world order

NOVANEWS A call for justice, equality and participation By Graham Peebles Living at this time is to bear witness to a world in acute turmoil. Noam Chomsky describes the current climate, saying: “We are living in […]

The rise of popular democracy

NOVANEWS By Graham Peebles In 1975 just 46 countries were considered to be electoral democracies. Forty years later, according to the Global State of Democracy report 2017, the number had risen to 132, accounting for 68 per […]