International IDEA Africa and West Asia Programme is proud to announce the hosting of its annual International Day of Democracy Roundtable in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Skylight Hotel on September 17, 2024.
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International IDEA's Africa and West Asia Programme will launch the 2024 edition of its flagship Global State of Democracy report in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on September 17th, 2024.
Within the framework of their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the Electoral Commissions’ Forum of SADC Countries (ECF SADC) is collaborating with the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) to organize the 12th New Commissioners’ Orientation (NCO) Programme, that will be hosted by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ), in Lusaka, Zambia from August 27-29, 2024.
Promoting peer-learning through International IDEA’s Flagship New Commissioners’ Orientation Programme – 12th Orientation Programme in Southern Africa Wraps Up in Lusaka, Zambia.
The strategic reflection meeting for women chairpersons of election management bodies (EMBs) in Africa, which was held in Accra, Ghana, from August 5-6, 2024, concluded with significant outcomes. The key outcome of this meeting was a resolution to establish a continental women's leadership network in electoral management in Africa.
Natural resources feature prominently in many political and economic settlement processes after conflict. When these processes include constitutional reform, it may be expected that mechanisms for natural resource governance would be included in the new constitutional framework, but often this is not the case.
Popular uprisings, protests and unconstitutional regime changes are common characteristics of political change and political life in Africa. The decade 2011–2021 has seen a wave of popular uprisings slamming against the bedrock of long-established autocratic regimes.
As Africa navigates this super year of elections, election and information integrity and voting rights will come under pressure due to the zero-sum nature of Africa's politics.
Mientras África navega por este súper año de elecciones, la integridad electoral y de la información y los derechos de voto se verán presionados debido a la naturaleza de suma cero de la política africana.
This case study of Timor-Leste (part of the Protecting Elections project) highlights how the institutional capacity of an electoral management body (EMB) to handle risks, challenges and crises can flow from the availability of skilled and experienced staff—rather than just from formal risk management processes.
Internal pressures and advocacy for change have raised awareness and precipitated debates about the nature and need for reform processes in many Arab countries.
Such debates have drawn in a diverse range of groups articulating interests and defining their own political programmes. In this context, electoral processes, women's participation and political parties have emerged as central issues in political reform agendas in the Arab world.