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Protest in Johannesburg as split in society deepens

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Labor union members and other protesters march on the streets of Johannesburg, South Africa, on Nov. 25, 2014, in a far cry from "a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world" advocated by Mandela Nelson at the time of his inauguration as the country's first democratically elected president in 1994.

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Ex-Maldivan President Nasheed at rally in Male

MALE, Maldives - Mohamed Nasheed (C, front row), former president of the Maldives, attends a rally with supporters in Male, the capital of the Maldives, on Feb. 10, 2012. Nasheed, the nation's first democratically elected leader, says he was ousted in a military-backed coup while new President Mohamed Waheed Hassan says Nasheed resigned on his own volition.

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Myanmar president sworn in, Suu Kyi becomes foreign minister

Htin Kyaw (L), Myanmar's new president, shakes hands with his predecessor Thein Sein during an inauguration ceremony in Naypyitaw on March 30, 2016. Htin Kyaw was sworn in that day as president of Myanmar's first democratically elected government in more than 50 years, with Aung San Suu Kyi becoming foreign minister and holding three other Cabinet posts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Maldivan President Nasheed at rally in Male

MALE, Maldives - Mohamed Nasheed (C, front row), former president of the Maldives, attends a rally with supporters in Male, the capital of the Maldives, on Feb. 10, 2012. Nasheed, the nation's first democratically elected leader, says he was ousted in a military-backed coup while new President Mohamed Waheed Hassan says Nasheed resigned on his own volition. (Kyodo)

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Protest in Johannesburg as split in society deepens

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Labor union members and other protesters march on the streets of Johannesburg, South Africa, on Nov. 25, 2014, in a far cry from "a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world" advocated by Mandela Nelson at the time of his inauguration as the country's first democratically elected president in 1994. (Kyodo)

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Lech Walesa, Natan Sharansky, Carl Gershman

From left: Lech Walesa, the former and first democratically elected President of Poland (1990-1995) and former pro-European activist and union organizer as the Chairman of Solidarity (1980-1990), Natan Sharansky, the Chairman and Founder of the political party Yisrael B'Aliyah (Israel on the Rise), and Carl Gershman, President of the Washington DC-based National Endowment for Democracy, speaks during the Closing Panel of the 23rd Forum 2000 international conference of world personalities with motto Recovering the Promise of 1989, in Zofin Palace in Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Lech Walesa

Lech Walesa, the former and first democratically elected President of Poland (1990-1995) and former pro-European activist and union organizer as the Chairman of Solidarity (1980-1990), speaks during the Closing Panel of the 23rd Forum 2000 international conference of world personalities with motto Recovering the Promise of 1989, in Zofin Palace in Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Glanis Changachirere, Lech Walesa, Natan Sharansky, Carl Gershman

From left CW: Glanis Changachirere, the Director of the Institute for Young Women Development and the founding Coordinator of the African Women Leaders Forum, Lech Walesa, the former and first democratically elected President of Poland (1990-1995) and former pro-European activist and union organizer as the Chairman of Solidarity (1980-1990), Natan Sharansky, the Chairman and Founder of the political party Yisrael B'Aliyah (Israel on the Rise), and Carl Gershman, President of the Washington DC-based National Endowment for Democracy, speaks during the Closing Panel of the 23rd Forum 2000 international conference of world personalities with motto Recovering the Promise of 1989, in Zofin Palace in Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Lech Walesa

Lech Walesa, the former and first democratically elected President of Poland (1990-1995) and former pro-European activist and union organizer as the Chairman of Solidarity (1980-1990), speaks during the Closing Panel of the 23rd Forum 2000 international conference of world personalities with motto Recovering the Promise of 1989, in Zofin Palace in Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Glanis Changachirere, Lech Walesa, Natan Sharansky, Carl Gershman

From left CW: Glanis Changachirere, the Director of the Institute for Young Women Development and the founding Coordinator of the African Women Leaders Forum, Lech Walesa, the former and first democratically elected President of Poland (1990-1995) and former pro-European activist and union organizer as the Chairman of Solidarity (1980-1990), Natan Sharansky, the Chairman and Founder of the political party Yisrael B'Aliyah (Israel on the Rise), and Carl Gershman, President of the Washington DC-based National Endowment for Democracy, speaks during the Closing Panel of the 23rd Forum 2000 international conference of world personalities with motto Recovering the Promise of 1989, in Zofin Palace in Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Lech Walesa

Lech Walesa, the former and first democratically elected President of Poland (1990-1995) and former pro-European activist and union organizer as the Chairman of Solidarity (1980-1990), speaks during the Closing Panel of the 23rd Forum 2000 international conference of world personalities with motto Recovering the Promise of 1989, in Zofin Palace in Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Lech Walesa

Lech Walesa, the former and first democratically elected President of Poland (1990-1995) and former pro-European activist and union organizer as the Chairman of Solidarity (1980-1990), speaks during the Closing Panel of the 23rd Forum 2000 international conference of world personalities with motto Recovering the Promise of 1989, in Zofin Palace in Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)