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Samia Mahgoub is currently CEPPS/NDI’s Senior Resident Country Director for Sudan. Ms. Mahgoub brings more than 30 years of experience in roles focused on civil society development, civic and voter education, democratization as well as elections administration and observation across Africa, Europe, the Middle East and America. Ms.
Accra - This preliminary statement is offered by the international observer delegation fielded by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) to Ghana’s December 7, 2016, presidential and legislative elections. The 30-person delegation with members from 14 countries was co-led by: Johnnie Carson, senior advisor to the president of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), member of the NDI board of directors, and former U.S.
This report is one of the first attempts to understand and evaluate the challenges of political party financing in Africa. The Africa Political Party Finance Initiative report examines party finance in 22 emerging democracies worldwide and includes interviews with 440 political, party and civic leaders.
Debt can be an important mechanism for governments to invest in development and infrastructure, or respond to crises. However, over the past decade the public debt portfolio of many countries in Africa has ballooned to unsustainable levels, to the detriment of spending on essential public services. Parliaments have a critical role to play in providing oversight of government budgeting, borrowing, and spending, and serving as a check on the executive branch.