The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is expected to hold elections in December this year – a vote many see as pivotal for the country’s future. It follows a series of troubled elections which raised questions about the integrity of electoral processes and highlighted the need for various reforms. “The Catholic and Protestant churches. Read More
The Kofi Annan Foundation, United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), National Democratic Institute (NDI) and Open Society Foundations convened the colloquium to examine how West Africa could use landmark regional to shore up democratic standards in the region[1]. Over sixty experts and practitioners from the UN, the African Union, ECOWAS, think tanks, political parties and academia discussed regional trends and how to reverse them.
The Kofi Annan Foundation, United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), National Democratic Institute (NDI) and Open Society Foundations convened the colloquium to examine how West Africa could use landmark regional to shore up democratic standards in the region[1]. Over sixty experts and practitioners from the UN, the African Union, ECOWAS, think tanks, political parties and academia discussed regional trends and how to reverse them.
Nigeria meets all the criteria of vulnerability to social media abuse identified by the Kofi Annan Commission on Electoral Integrity in the Digital Age: low trust in institutions, deep ethnic, religious and regional cleavages, and highly partisan media. Nigeria also has a history of election-related violence that puts the nation on tenterhooks every five years.. Read More