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The Africa and West Asia Electoral Process Programme of International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), in collaboration with the African Union (AU) is organizing a reflection and technical meeting on electoral processes in Africa. The meeting will take place from April 9th to 12th April 2025, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa, in partnership with International IDEA, will convene a policy dialogue in Addis Ababa to examine and explore ways to make elections more meaningful to African citizens beyond the ballot. 

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is partnering with the African Union (AU) on the implementation of this activity, within the framework of its MOU with the African Union Commission (AUC). International IDEA is providing technical and financial support through the EU-funded Strengthening Pan-African Capacities for Electoral Observation and Assistance (SPEC) project.

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. 

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.

In response to a request for technical support to Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) on electoral risk management practices and procedures, International IDEA organised a Regional Electoral Risk Management Workshop for selected EMBs in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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.

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.