The beginning of a new year also means the publication of the annual report from the US-based Freedom House, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that supports democratic change, monitors freedom, and advocates for democracy and human rights. ...
Following her victory in the election for the provincial parliament in Kathmandu, I asked Asta Laxmi Shakya from the communist UML party to present some of the key issues she would like to address in the position she will be appointed to be responsible for....
The recent issue of Druk Journal in Bhutan is about Civil Society, recognizing that this is still a new phenomenon in a society that has traditionally had a rather statist and top-down form of governance. I have written the introductory article....
On 21 November, the Danes voted in municipal elections, exercising their right to participate in the decision-making at the local level of our democracy. What are the issues? Are people interested? This is # 8 of a series of personal stories I will post during and after the election campaign. ...
Following the intervention of the military in the wake of the sacking of Vice President Emerson Mnangagwa, civil society organisations met and agreed on a communication to the people of Zimbabwe....
Contrary to what the South African Artist ZAPIRO seems to indicate in his drawings, both Mnangagwa, Grace Mugabe and Robert Mugabe are still alive. Hopefully the present crisis will continue to be managed in a peaceful manner. ...
On 21 November, the Danes will vote in municipal elections, exercising their right to participate in the decision-making at the local level of our democracy. What are the issues? Are people interested? This is # 7 of a series of personal stories I will post during the election campaign. ...
Twenty-five years ago, on 15 November 1992, our son Lasse was born in Harare. Tonight we will celebrate and reminisce about the beauty of the country and the hospitality of its people. I am sure that we will also discuss how the events on 15 November 2017 will mark the end of the Mugabe era....
On 21 November, the Danes will vote in municipal elections, exercising their right to participate in the decision-making at the local level of our democracy. What are the issues? Are people interested? This is # 6 of a series of personal stories I will post during the election campaign. ...
During the summer of 2017, I published a series of short stories from my house Furukollen in Norway. I have now put the stories together in one document, to make reading more practical, and I have also edited a little here and there, without changing the purpose: to reflect on this small village in the mountains of Norway in a broader global perspective. Download the paper: Stories from Furukollen 2017...