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Development Shows Up at U.S. Presidential Conventions and in the Party Platforms | Sept. 8, 2008

Center for Global Development | Link to article » CGD and other organizations working to make the U.S. role in reducing global poverty part of the national debate in the 2008 presidential elections can claim some interim victories: the Democratic and Republican platforms both address the development implications not only of foreign assistance but also of trade and climate change...

Governing Party in Angola Wins Election in a Landslide, Official Results Show | Sept. 9, 2008

New York Times | Link to article » The governing party in oil-rich Angola won a landslide victory in the country’s first elections in 16 years, official results show, prompting a remarkable concession of defeat by the leading opposition party, which just six years ago was the government’s enemy in a brutal 27-year civil war.

Africa: Communication technologies transform elections | Oct. 1, 2008

International Herald Tribune | Link to article » That technological change is transforming economic and social relations in Africa has become something of a cliche and is often presented as a panacea for Africa's ills. Mobile-phones and the internet are being used to coordinate agricultural prices, transfer money and coordinate famine relief. However, the political impact of new technologies has received less attention.

National Democratic Institute on VOA's In Focus | Nov. 17, 2008

Voice of America: In Focus | Link to video » NDI's senior associate for Africa Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh outlines the work done by the Institute with democrats in Africa in a video segment on Voice of America: In Focus. Link to video »

Ghanaians vote for new president | Dec. 7, 2008

AFP | Link to article » Ghanaians went to the polls on Sunday to choose the man who will succeed President John Kufuor, in an election that observers hope will show a beacon of stability in an African continent rife with conflict. 

Ghana puts faith in humble text message | Dec. 8, 2008

Financial Times | Link to article » Adopting the soothing tones of an operator on an emergency hotline, Harriet Potakey, one of a score of controllers at Ghana’s election monitoring “command centre”, seeks to calm an excited caller.  Link to article »

The Power of Normal People | November 2008

L’Uomo Vogue | Link to article » English (*.pdf) Italian (*.pdf) Author(s):  Ben Affleck

Will Bangladesh Pull Off A Free and Fair Election? | Dec. 12, 2008

TIME  | Link to article » On Dec. 29, Bangladesh voters will cast their ballots in the nation's first general election in seven years. The polls have been a focal point of the country's politics ever since a military intervention in January 2007, which postponed scheduled elections in order to end escalating violence between followers of two rival political parties.

Iraqis Prepare For This Month's Local Elections | Jan. 21, 2009

National Public Radio | Link to story  » More than 14,000 candidates are running in Iraq’s provincial elections scheduled for the end of the month. It’s the first time since 2005 that Iraqis are going to the polls. If the process isn’t seen as legitimate, Iraq’s fragile democracy could be threatened. Link to story »

Rwanda: NDI to Boost Inter-Political Party Democratic Dialogue | Jan. 12, 2009

The New Times | Link to article » Kigali — The National Democratic Institute (NDI), a nonprofit, non-governmental organisation that supports democratic institutions across the world will soon start working closely with Rwandan political parties to strengthen their capacity and to boost inter-political party dialogue. Link to article »

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