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18 January 2021

Articles, Electoral Integrity, Supporting Elections and Democracy

UGANDA: Stability without legitimacy cannot last

On Saturday, Uganda’s electoral commission announced that 76-year-old incumbent President Yoweri Museveni won a sixth term in Uganda’s general elections last week...

11 January 2021

Annan Commission, Articles, In the news, Opinion, Supporting Elections and Democracy

Restoring the shine of the City on the Hill: An urgent global priority

As the saga continues to unfold in the US over last week’s riot on the Capitol building, Sébastien Brack, Head of Elections...

11 December 2020

Articles, Events, Extremely Together, Promoting Youth Leadership

Live Webinar: Accelerating Youth Inclusion in Building Peace

To honour the 5th anniversary of the Youth, Peace and Security Resolution, the Kingdom of Denmark and the Kofi Annan Foundation are...

09 December 2020

Articles, Extremely Together, News Releases, Promoting Youth Leadership

Position paper: Why youth leadership when dealing with complex crises must no longer be ignored

Deeply concerned at how extremists worldwide are exploiting the uncertainty and fear created by the Covid-19 pandemic to reinforce their rhetoric and...

04 December 2020

Articles, Gender, Transitions to Peace

Women’s participation in peace processes – is it enough?

Guaranteeing the inclusion of women in peacebuilding processes in quantitative terms is not a synonym for meaningful participation. Belén Grau Contreras explains...

27 November 2020

Articles, Electoral Integrity, Events, News Releases, Supporting Elections and Democracy

COVID-19 & DEMOCRACY IN EAST AFRICA CONFERENCE

Protecting Voters, Protecting the Vote On 19 and 20 November 2020, the Kofi Annan Foundation and the Society for International Development (SID), supported...

25 November 2020

Articles, Electoral Integrity, News Releases, Supporting Elections and Democracy

Eliminating violence against women in politics

Violence against women in politics is an intolerable violation of women’s rights which poses fundamental challenges to democratic values and electoral processes....