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Oped: Safeguarding Kenya’s Electoral freedoms in the Digital Age
Ory Okolloh, a member of the Kofi Annan Commission on Elections and Democracy in the Digital Age, and Abdulmalik Sugow, a legal...Read More
Online gender-based political violence in Kenya: The road towards a code of conduct for digital behaviour
At a two-day multistakeholder workshop hosted by the Kofi Annan Foundation and the Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD-Kenya) in Nairobi on the...Read More
How can we revitalise the role of political parties and rebuild the trust that is central to democracy?
The 2021 Global Forum on Democracy, hosted by Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) in November, considered, amongst many topics, the particular challenges that...Read More
Oped Series: Securing Kenya’s Electoral Integrity in the Digital Age
The Kofi Annan Foundation has supported the publication of a five-part op-ed series on the Pan-African digital platform The Elephant. The series...Read More
Kofi Annan Peace and Security Forum calls on ECOWAS heads of state to adopt term limits
The crisis of democracy in West Africa was the focus of this year’s Kofi Annan Peace and Security (KAPS) Forum, co-organised by...Read More
Opening Remarks by Elhadj As Sy – Kofi Annan Peace & Security Forum 2021
Kofi Annan Foundation Chair of the Board Elhadj As Sy delivered the following opening remarks on December 8 2021, in Accra, Ghana,...Read More
The Kofi Annan Peace & Security Forum 2021 edition
On December 8 and 9, 2021, the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra and the Kofi Annan Foundation in...Read More
Safeguarding the Digital Space Ahead of Kenya’s 2022 Elections
Kenya is currently one of the most digitally advanced societies in Africa. Digital technologies and social media are widely used by Kenyan...Read More
Report | 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...Read More
Opinion | A Victory for Nigeria’s democracy
Sebastien Brack writes about the Electoral Act Amendment Bill and the efforts by stakeholders in Nigeria to strengthen the electoral process in...Read More