Highlights

EPD Newsletter- Winter 2011

Democracy news

18 / 05 / 2012

Results for Egypt’s expat voting Friday; U.S. group to send 22 monitors to polls

18 / 05 / 2012

Syrian opposition leader Burhan Ghalioun resigns amid mounting criticism

18 / 05 / 2012

Egypt: Military Source Denies Armed Forces' Intention to Issue Constitutional Declaration

16 / 05 / 2012

Syria National Council reelects Ghalioun president

16 / 05 / 2012

Copts to shun Islamists in Egypt’s presidential, vote fear sectarian conflicts

16 / 05 / 2012

Myanmar Vows to Cease Buying Weapons From North Korea

15 / 05 / 2012

Syria's squeezed moderate voices

15 / 05 / 2012

Egypt: 57 Thousand Expats Voted in Elections Until Monday Noon

14 / 05 / 2012

Egypt: Liberal Party Warns of Campaigning in Mosques

14 / 05 / 2012

[Ticker] Belgium: EU is considering military presence in Syria

14 / 05 / 2012

Death toll mounts across Syria as EU readies new round of sanctions against Assad

14 / 05 / 2012

Egypt: Day 1 in Expats Voting - High Turnout in Gulf Countries, Average in Europe

14 / 05 / 2012

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Officially Declares His Ambition to Lead Zanu-PF

11 / 05 / 2012

Security Council condemns Syria ‘terrorist attacks’; Syrian U.N. envoy blames al-Qaeda

11 / 05 / 2012

Syria calls on U.N. to fight terror; Arab League says blast aimed to foil Annan’s plan

11 / 05 / 2012

Moussa and Abul Fotouh face-to-face in Egypt’s 1st ever presidential debate

11 / 05 / 2012

[Ticker] Merkel: Ukraine like Belarus

10 / 05 / 2012

Egypt: Expatriates Vote Tomorrow, Foreign Ministry Says

10 / 05 / 2012

Egyptian court issues surprise ruling to suspend presidential elections

10 / 05 / 2012

Syria bomb attacks cast doubt on future of observer mission: U.N. chief

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05 / 12 / 2011

Africa's Democracy Still a Plant of Tender Growth

"Former Commonwealth Secretary General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has said "democracy in Africa is still a plant of tender growth and so needs care and strengthening, and needs strengthening urgently." Speaking on the "general issue of strengthening democracy in Africa", Anyaoku said, the issues connected with the building and consolidation of democracy in Africa today stem from two related sources - "the legacy of the old politics and the needs of the new." Read more

 

By Tokunbo Adedoja, All Africa News, 4 December 2011

 

 


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