How can we advance democracy and peace? (w/ Lauren van Metre)

by Max Sycamore in Washington, DC
Audio Peace, Security and Democratic Resilience All Regions South Sudan Tunisia Liberia Nigeria 

In the latest episode of DemWorks, NDI’s Lauren van Metre is joined at the US Institute of Peace by global activists Emna Jeblaoui (Tunisia), Jacob Bul Bior (South Sudan), Samson Itodo (Nigeria) and Aluel Atem (South Sudan). They discuss new thinking about mobilizing good governance and the challenge violent extremism poses to democracy

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A View from Election Eve in Liberia: Behind the Scenes of an International Election Observation Mission

by Isabel Linzer in Washington, DC
Elections Liberia 

The author on Tubman Boulevard in Monrovia struggling to hear a call about logistics from fellow NDI staff while running other Election Day errands (photo credit: Madeline Wilson)

Two former presidents and a former foreign minister sat in a conference room while I searched for a hat. It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but it was the very real start to December 25, 2017, the eve of the Liberian presidential runoff.

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