Tag: elections
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Ghana Politics 101 – Elections Contextualized
On Wednesday, December 7th, Ghana will once again celebrate democratic elections. Ghana is usually hailed as the star of Africa or Africa’s most peaceful and stable country. Since 1992, the country has enjoyed substantial levels of political peace and stability. Yet as elections approach, tensions arise and there is a sense of uncertainty in the…
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How We Process Information: Why Politicians Can Overtly Lie and People Still Believe Them
Why do people still believe him if there is so much evidence that proves he is lying? Over the past few months I heard this sentence (or different iterations of it) on multiple occasions. Whether applied to Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, Nigel Farage, Álvaro Uribe, Nana Akufo-Ado or John Dramani Mahama, the outrage was…
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