Sarah Gardiner is Senior Policy Advisor for civic space at Oxfam America. In her role, she supports Oxfam affiliates and partners in responding to threats to global civil society, including restrictions on freedoms of association, expression, and peaceful...

Despite the disruption created by Covid-19 and political setbacks across the continent, NED increased its support to democratic activists in Africa during 2020. The pandemic led the government of Ethiopia to postpone national elections

about the event In February 2019, Nigeria held its sixth national election since the country returned to democratic civilian rule. While the elections were ultimately deemed largely free, fair, and credible by international and domestic observation...

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