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Malawi Election Monitoring Organization Issues 2nd Interim Report on May 19 Vote

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The Malawi Election Support Network (MESN), a coalition of 75 civil society organizations, has issued a second interim statement on Malawi’s May 19 presidential and parliamentary elections. The goal of the organization is to help promote public confidence in the elections through its observation of the voting and counting processes.

Program Helps Nigerian Civic Groups Find Footing With National Assembly

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A recent article in the Daily Trust, one of Nigeria’s most popular newspapers, documented the work of a National Assembly office that helps civic groups better communicate with lawmakers and their staffs. The liaison office arose out of a three-year NDI program that provided assistance to members of the National Assembly and civic groups to improve policymaking procedures on government transparency and poverty reduction issues.

Generally Peaceful Election Helps Consolidate Salvadoran Democracy

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The March 15 victory of Mauricio Funes, candidate of the former guerrilla movement Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, FMLN), marked a new stage in the consolidation of Salvadoran democracy. The victory of President-elect Funes, by a clear margin with 51.3 percent of the vote, creates the first government since the 1992 peace agreement that ended El Salvador’s civil war that is not controlled by the Nationalist Republican Alliance party (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista, ARENA).

Guide for Legislators on Promoting Extractive Industry Transparency Launched at EITI Conference in Doha

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To mark the release of a new NDI publication, EITI Guide for Legislators: How to Support and Strengthen Resource Transparency, NDI Vice President Shari Bryan participated in the 4th Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Global Conference in Doha, Qatar.

Women Find Strength, Information Through Online Knowledge Network

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Linking women across continents, languages and faiths is part of the success story of iKNOW Politics – an online portal through which women in politics network and share information, knowledge and expertise.

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