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The Guardian | Link to story  » THE planned Peoples’ Public Sessions by the House of Representatives, through which it intends to take the constitution review process to the grassroots across the 360 federal constituencies, will play a great role in ensuring that ordinary Nigerians participate in the process.

Mali Jet | Link to story  » Des experts américains étaient récemment à Bamako pour évaluer l’état des préparatifs des prochaines élections dont l’organisation est une des deux missions essentielles de la transition. A l’issue de leur visite de travail, ils se prononcent sur la nécessité de commencer dès maintenant les préparatifs des différents scrutins.

Abidjan.Net | Link to story  » Une trentaine de femmes issues de plus de quinze partis politiques ivoiriens, ont appelé, mercredi, les autorités ivoiriennes à les appuyer dans le cadre des prochaines élections municipales et régionales en Côte d’Ivoire.

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AllAfrica | Link to story  » The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs will host its fourth in a series of Policy Seminar today in Monrovia. According to an NDI release, stakeholders in Liberia's youth development sector will participate in the Policy Seminar which focuses on Youth Development and Job Creation. It will be held under the theme "Towards the fulfillment of a Robust Youth Development Process in Liberia".

Patriotic Vanguard | Link to story  » Eight organisations, led by the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), have reached agreement with the two main presidential candidates for the first head-to-head Presidential Debate in the history of Sierra Leone, according to a SLAJ press release sent to us.

Awoko | Link to story  » Campaign for Good Governance, (CGG) with support from the National Democratic Institute (NDI), United Nations Development Fund (UNDP) and United States Agency (USAID) yesterday commenced a two-day training at the Hill Valley Hotel for women candidates, who are contesting the local council elections in November this year.

Aubrey McCutcheon is currently the senior resident director of NDI in Liberia.  He has had a diverse career with three decades of professional experience spanning legislative affairs, congressional office management, development, human rights, public interest law and philanthropy; including program development, evaluation, advocacy, university-level teaching, community organizing and NGO management and capacity building.  He was trained as a social scientist and lawyer in both the U.S. and U.K.

Author:  CODEO Publisher:  CODEO Published Date:  12/10/2012 Resource Type:  Statement Language:  English The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) deployed about 4,500 trained, accredited, nonpartisan rapid response observers throughout Ghana. Of this figure, 1,500 were parallel vote tabulation (PVT) observers. These observers were Ghanaians, from every walk of life, who volunteered their time to help ensure that every registered voter could freely cast his or her ballot on election day. This enabled the people of Ghana to have independent, nonpartisan information on the conduct of these elections.

Author:  National Democratic Institute Publisher:  National Democratic Institute Published Date:  04/17/1997 Resource Type:  Press Release Language:  English