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PRESS RELEASE: The Reinforcement of democracy and public governance in West Africa
Dakar, 8 September 2022 – The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Open Society Initiative – West Africa (OSIWA), the Kofi Annan Foundation (KAF), and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) organized, on 6 and 7 September 2022, a colloquium on the enhancement of democracy […]
OpEd | Beyond sanctions: Recommitting West Africa to democracy
West Africa is at a turning point: its democracies are in jeopardy. How can the region recommit to democracy? Kofi Annan Foundation Special Adviser Sebastien F. Brack shares his thoughts. This article was originally published on the European Council on Foreign Affairs ecfr.eu. The coup d’état in Burkina Faso this week – the third in […]
Democratic Backsliding in West Africa: Nature, Causes, Remedies
The report, ‘Democratic Backsliding in West Africa: Nature, Causes, Remedies’ was commissioned by the Kofi Annan Foundation ahead of the 2021 Kofi Annan Peace and Security (KAPS) Forum. The theme of the 2021 edition of the KAPS Forum is ‘Democracy and Governance in the Context of Complex Crises in West Africa’ and this report, authored […]