🇲🇾 #MYDemocracy | We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Roundtable Report on Deepening Democracy in Malaysia with Global Bersih and BERSIH. 📖The report is now live and available for download here: bit.ly/3rNI5U9

👏 We applaud the EU's 🇪🇺 focus on human-centric digitalisation. We will soon team up with Baraza Media Lab, Fumbua Kenya, and alda* to empower Kenyan youth and civil service organisations (CSOs). Together, we're on a mission to champion #HumanRights, #Democracy, and an inclusive

It was a pleasure to have Chow Ying, BERSIH Treasurer, visit us at the Kofi Annan Foundation office in Geneva! We were delighted to receive hard copies of the Roundtable Report on Deepening Democracy, which can also be accessed here: bit.ly/3rNI5U9

🙏 Swiss Peace and Human Rights for your support for our activities promoting electoral integrity 🗳️ and #democracy in #Nigeria and elsewhere. We look forward to a continued partnership to turn back the tide of democratic erosion around the 🌎 .

🇳🇬 During the roundtable themed "Unpacking Nigeria’s 2023 General Election and Prospects for Electoral Reform," organised by Yiaga Africa and Kofi Annan Foundation, with the support of Swiss Peace and Human Rights, our Senior Advisor Sebastian Brack stressed that given all the pressures on democracy around

"...elections are not just about laws, because you can have the best of laws; if politicians do not change their attitude towards politics, towards elections and towards democracy, we will engage in this cycle of reforms to our electoral process." - Samson Itodo, Executive

🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of Congo #elections | Communiqué from the In Transformation Initiative and Kofi Annan Foundation: bit.ly/3MKosUn #DRC #RDCongo #RDC In Transformation Initiative (ITI)

🌟 Yesterday, we kicked off the final week for our #WYDE Accountability Hubs members’ training with an inspirational opening session with Mr Maina Kiai, human rights activist and former UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Assembly and Association. Mr Kiai spoke about the

Yesterday, the Kofi Annan Foundation brought the #WYDE Accountability Hubs members to an exciting meeting with Ms Zainab Hawa Bangura, Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office in Nairobi. It was such an honour for the Hub members to learn from

A big thank you to our partners at WFD Kenya for the valuable session on Financial Accountability delivered to the WYDE Accountability Hubs - we all had a great learning session! #Accountability #FinancialAccountability #WYDEYouth #WYDECivicEngagement #EUFunded #YDC

Yesterday, the 10 young leaders from our #WYDE Accountability Hubs had the wonderful opportunity to meet with the Deputy Head of EU Delegation, Mr Ondrej Simek and colleagues from European Union In Kenya to learn about the #EuropeanUnion's work to strengthen accountable and transparent

🧵So much energy and many innovative ideas on strengthening #accountability and #transparency in #governance in #Africa! The Kofi Annan Foundation organised a roundtable in Nairobi for the #WYDE Accountability Hubs with leading NGOs, thanks to the support of the inspirational

📢 We are very excited to announce the call for nominations for the second Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize, led by Kofi Annan Foundation & Democracy and Culture Foundation! 🏆 Prize: $10,000, one-year mentorship with a democracy expert, and leading a panel at Athens Democracy Forum 2025. 📅 Nominations close

"Democracy places responsibility on every individual to defend it." Pat Merloe, a member of the Kofi Annan Foundation's Electoral Integrity Initiative (EII), shares his concerns ahead of the 2024 US Elections and the critical steps needed to deliver a peaceful and legitimate

In 2024, around 49% of the global population is set to participate in national elections in 64 countries, marking a significant moment in electoral history. bit.ly/3SFUxyM 🗳️✨ The Kofi Annan Foundation's Electoral Integrity Initiative emphasizes the importance of

A “unique asset of the international community”, peacekeeping should not be discarded lightly. Read our former President’s analysis 👉🏼 . A Peacekeeper’s Lament - ICDI, by ⁦Alan Doss⁩ . 🕊️🇺🇳 🌎 dialogueinitiatives.org/a-peacekeepers…

The Kofi Annan Foundation is proud to be part of the EPD - European Partnership for Democracy network. Discover some of the work we and our fellow members have been doing to advance democracy, peace, and recovery in Ukraine for the past two years. ➡️epd.eu/epd-members-su… #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine

The RepresentWomen 2024 Democracy Solutions Summit starts today, 5 March! Among the impressive line-up of experts is our 2023 Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize winner Namatai Kwekweza🇿🇼. Discover more about the experts, the full agenda and how to register ⬇️

One week to go: There’s still time to nominate a young leader (age 18-30) for the Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize! bit.ly/3umbq9H Deadline: 31 March at midnight CET. Democracy and Culture Foundation Athens Democracy Forum #KANextGenPrize #YoungLeaders #Democracy

Nous saluons l’action des acteurs politiques et de tout le peuple sénégalais 🇸🇳 qui démontre à la suite des élections 🗳️ présidentielles du 24 mars que l’alternance démocratique est possible en Afrique de l’Ouest. Puisse l’élan démocratique être plus fort que la tentation