Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Friday that his country needed a new constitution to entrench its "democratic aspirations", Russia's Interfax news agency reported. It quoted Pashinyan as telling a meeting at the country's justice ministry: "We must have a Constitution that will make the Republic of Armenia more competitive and more viable in the new geopolitical and regional conditions". Pashinyan, a longtime liberal opposition leader who swept to power on the back of a 2018 revolution which ousted the former ruling elite, was cited as saying it was vital to do everything possible to shore up Armenia's legitimacy.
USAID has deployed a disaster response team to Sudan to coordinate humanitarian aid as fighting rocks the country. The team will work with partners to identify priority needs and safely deliver assistance to millions of Sudanese in need. The United States is mobilizing to ramp up assistance to the people of Sudan ensnared between the warring factions.
Daily Monitor
Monday February 08 2021
Three things in particular come to mind in thinking about reform - democratisation, development and decentralisation.
We seem to be at that place where we need to redefine our democratic aspirations and the state-citizen relationship in order for us to cultivate some mutual respect for all actors in the democratic space.
We also have to rethink our development strategy in line of beneficiaries. And, we should revisit our form of decentralisation in areas where it has gone wrong. If we get these right, there is a good chance the rest will fall in line.
Reform agenda one remains democratisation. The National Resistance Movement (NRM) were initially guided by the 10-point programme and democracy was a core pillar.