KENYA – DEMNET CONDEMNS THE MURDER OF YOUTH DEMONSTRATORS AGAINST FINANCE BILL 2024

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DEMNENT CONDEMNS THE MURDER OF YOUTH DEMONSTRATORS AGAINST FINANCE BILL 2024 IN KENYA 26th June 2024. It is with profound sadness and outrage that we condemn the brutal killing of more than 15 young Kenyans and the severe injury of over 145 others, who have been admitted to different hospitals across the country with bullet […]

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Nkasi Wodu, Dr. Ndu Nwokolo, and other experts lead panel discussions at the Democracy Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, January 21-22, 2023.

Angola, DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo), Gabon, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Zimbabwe

At the Democracy Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, held on January 21 – 22, 2023, Nkasi Wodu and other panelists reiterated the need for strong civil society movements to strengthen Africa’s Democracy. The Conference, a component of the project on supporting civic engagement in Africa, which the United States Department of State funded, formally launched the

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DemNet Liberia – First Time Voters Orientation

Liberia

DemNet Liberia holds discussions on elections-related topics with First-time Voters and Disadvantaged Youth within the Gaye Town Community, Old Road, Sinkor, Monrovia. The one-day gathering brought together over 65 young people from within and around the Gaye Town Community; discussions were very engaging as it was centered on participants’ understanding of the negative effects of

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How media repression facilitated election manipulation in Gabon and Zimbabwe.

Gabon, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe and Gabon, two countries with a history of protracted political dominance by one ruling party, held elections this week. These elections come against a recent military coup in Niger in July 2023 and a string of other military coups and attempted coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Sierra Leone between 2020 to 2023. In both countries voters are denied the

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KENYA’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Kenya

The major achievement is highlighted through the virtual engagement and first publication of the significance of the Democracy Network project in Kenya and outlining the necessity of special interest groups’ inclusion in democratic electoral and governance processes through improved civic engagements that would promote peaceful and inclusive democracy in the country. In addition, the influence

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ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS 2023 – Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) rejected the presidential election results

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) rejected the presidential election results in which President Emmerson Mnangagwa garned 52.6% of the vote. In a statement Saturday night, CCC led by Nelson Chamisa said the party “will not rollover and accept fictitious lies.”

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USAID calls for Immediate Release of Detained Members of Zimbabwe Civil Society

Zimbabwe

The United States is deeply concerned about and condemns the actions of Zimbabwean authorities, who conducted a series of raids on August 23 as Zimbabweans voted in presidential, parliamentary, and local elections and arrested at least 39 individuals associated with the Election Resource Centre and the Zimbabwe Election Support Network. The raids targeted lawful, independent,

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