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The Sudanese Network for Democratic Elections (SuNDE) has commenced civic education for community leaders in Unity State's three counties of Rubkona, Mayom and Leer, with funding from NDI.
SuNDE has so far facilitated training for local and international NGOs, the United Nations Mission in Sundan (UNMIS), community leaders, the youth and Women's League.
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Monitors ensure by and large that polls are fair, or, if they are not, that those who fix them are named and shamed. NDI and other groups send observers worldwide. Many spend months preparing for polls, trying to educate voters and officials.
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Afghanistan's election commission said today that President Hamid Karzai continues to hold a wide lead over the former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah. But the results continue to be clouded by reports of fraud, which have increased substantially in recent days.
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It was too dangerous to travel to Somalia, so they met in Uganda instead. Amidst the political turmoil in the country, the Hon. Sarmite Bulte went to educate Somali women, teaching them about leadership, each other and the transition to democracy.
The Young Women Leaders Academy (YWLA) is sponsored by NDI and hosted by the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Qatar). It provides practical skills and knowledge to help them use the political process to make meaningful improvements in their communities. The women, aged 10 to 28, were selected for the program because of their demonstrated leadership potential. They came from countries across the Middle East and North Africa.
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Reports of fraud and intimidation in Afghanistan’s presidential election continued to mount Saturday, with anecdotal but widespread accounts of ballot-box stuffing, a lack of impartiality among election workers and voters casting ballots for others.
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Millions of Afghans voted in the country's second-ever direct presidential election, although Taliban threats and attacks appeared to hold down the turnout, especially in the south where President Hamid Karzai was expected to run strongly among his fellow Pashtuns. The Washington, D.C.-based National Democratic Institute had observers in 19 provinces.
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Defying Taliban threats to bomb polling stations and maim voters, millions of Afghans cast ballots Thursday in a presidential election that was relatively peaceful and orderly despite widespread predictions of violence and fraud.
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The streets of Kabul were eerily quiet on Thursday, as polls for Afghanistan's second presidential election since the fall of the Taliban opened to little fanfare and even smaller crowds. Coming up with a clear national picture is difficult, says Ken Wollack, president of NDI, which has sent a large contingent of election observers to Afghanistan.
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Sporadic bombs and rocket attacks, rumors of suicide squads and reports of fraud weighed heavily on turnout in Afghanistan's presidential election Thursday, potentially casting a shadow over the government's ability to hold the country together once the votes are tallied.
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