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.
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Between December 7th and 9th, 2023, International IDEA’s Tunis Office collaborated with the non-profit organization "The Model African Union" to organize a Model African Union event in Tunis, Tunisia. The event brought together 28 students from Tunisia and Sub-Saharan Africa, with a thematic focus on climate change and migration.
As part of the Programme “Support to the Democratic Transition in Chad”, funded by the European Union, International IDEA Chad organized a two-day national training workshop on strengthening women's leadership with a view to encouraging women to stand as candidates in the forthcom
As part of its efforts to support the Government of Chad in ensuring a peaceful, inclusive and democratic transition, International IDEA Chad's programme, funded by the European Union, initiated a BRIDGE
In the lead up to the constitutional referendum, as part of its series on training and awareness raising activities, International IDEA Chad is providing young people and women with tools to help ensure that the constitutional and electoral reforms process are conducted in a consensual and peaceful manner.
The curtains have come down on the digital campaign against hate speeches and false rumours on social media.
Africa's efforts for gender parity in governance might finally yield positive results amid revelations that several countries holding elections this year will field more female candidates than before.
On the evening of 15 February 2022, reports emerged that key police and military officials in Djibouti were put under house arrest, reportedly amid fears of a coup d’état. This was the latest in the string of successful and attempted coups in Africa—from Mali to M
The G5 Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Chad) will organize elections in 2020 and 2021.
These elections will take place in a context in which all are facing serious humanitarian and security challenges, aggravated by the fragility of their institutions. The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and its socio-economic impacts worsen the situation and even raise questions about the possibility to organize elections in so volatile an environment.
The G5 Sahel countries—Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger—will organize elections in 2020 and 2021. These elections will take place in a context in which all are facing serious humanitarian and securities challenges, aggravated by the fragility of their institutions. The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and its socioeconomic impacts worsen the situation and even raise questions about the possibility to organize elections in so volatile an environment.