Jan 6, 2012

Remarks by Birtukan Midekssa

Reagan-Fascell Fellow Birtukan Midekssa offered remarks at NED's Vaclav Havel Memorial Tribute. :: MORE

Jul 27, 2011

Floribert Chebeya posthumously awarded Democracy Service Medal

The National Endowment for Democracy honored Floribert Chebeya with its Democracy Service Medal in a ceremony Tuesday at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The medal presentation was an emotional end to a half-day conference, “Voices from the Congo: the Road Ahead,” co-organized by NED, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Eastern Congo Initiative. :: MORE

Jul 26, 2011

Presentation of the Democracy Service Medal honoring the life and work of Floribert Chebeya Bahizire

NED President Carl Gershman spoke on Bahizire's work with Voix des Sans-Voix, Congo's first human rights NGO.
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Jul 26, 2011

Remarks by Senator Richard J. Durbin

Senator Richard J. Durbin spoke on the role of the United States in reducing human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. :: MORE

May 24, 2011

NED PO Josh Marks writes in Council on Foreign Relations on Crisis in the Congo

In “Crisis in the Congo,” a CFR Contingency Planning Memorandum, NED Program Officer Joshua Marks describes the Democratic Republic of the Congo's near-term vulnerability to electoral violence and renewed rebellion on its periphery, and offers recommendations to the international community to foster democracy in the DRC. :: MORE

Feb 24, 2011

Liberia: Elections, Justice, Corruption and the Role of the International Community

J. Aloysius Toe speaks on Liberia at the National Endowment for Democracy.
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Feb 11, 2011

A Victory for Peace and Independence?

Dave Peterson, Senior Director of NED's Africa program, wrote about the past, present, and future of Sudan after its historical referendum results for Think Africa Press. :: MORE

Nov 10, 2010

Great Lakes Policy Forum - Burundi Remarks

Dave Peterson, Senior Director for Africa at NED, made these remarks at the Great Lakes Policy Forum. :: MORE

Sep 8, 2010

Elections Review: Rwanda & Burundi

Nancy Welch, NED Assistant Program Officer for Africa, discusses elections in Rwanda and Burundi during the Great Lakes Policy Forum at the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies. :: MORE

Jun 23, 2010

Remarks at the Floribert Chebeya Bahzire Memorial Service

Michael Posner, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State, remembers Floribert Chebeya Bahizire at a memorial symposium held at the National Endowment for Democracy. :: MORE