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How Does the Age of Fake News Impact Democracy in the Developing World?
The following article originally appeared in the New York Times special World Review: The State of Democracy, a special section that examines global...Read More
More about Hajer Sharief and Ilwad Elman
Hajer Sharief and Ilwad Elman joined the Kofi Annan Foundation’s “Extremely Together” in 2016. Extremely Together are 10 Young Leaders, all active...Read More
Graça Machel and Louise Arbour join the Board of the Kofi Annan Foundation
The Kofi Annan Foundation is pleased to announce that Graça Machel, an international advocate for women’s and children’s rights and first Education...Read More
Elhadj As Sy announced as Chair of the Kofi Annan Foundation Board
The interim chair of the Kofi Annan Foundation, Ambassador Jenö Staehelin and the entire board are pleased to announce the appointment of...Read More
Empowering Africans to embrace constitutional term limits: Niamey Declaration
A conference on Constitutionalism and Term Limits attended by former African heads of state, civil society leaders and media professionals gathered in...Read More
The Retreat of Democracy in Central and Southern Africa: My Key Takeaways
By Sebastian Brack, Head of Elections and Democracy, Kofi Annan Foundation Democracy has backslid in a third of the member states of...Read More
How can we measure ‘peace’?
The Kofi Annan Foundation, Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, Interpeace, the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and Geneva Centre for Security Policy are hosting an...Read More
Ensuring a food-secure and prosperous Africa becomes a reality: An article by Nane Annan
Kofi Annan championed many global causes, but few issues were as important to him as eradicating hunger, malnutrition, and extreme poverty in...Read More
Defending Democracy: Nelson Mandela and Kofi Annan ’s ideals under the spotlight
The below article was written by Alan Doss and Faizel Ismail and first published in the Daily Maverick Just 11% of countries in...Read More
Examining the State of Democracy in Central and Southern Africa
“It is not our diversity which divides us; it is not our ethnicity, or religion or culture that divides us....Read More
