Liz Lewis serves as a Senior Policy Analyst covering Sub-Saharan Africa for Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Prior to joining the Committee in 2019, she managed democracy and governance programs in Africa...

Bileh Dougsiyeh is currently a Program Management Officer with Democracy International, where he provides support to programs in Bangladesh, Uganda and Ethiopia. Prior to joining DI, Bileh was part of a program management team with Global Communities,...

Remarks by Carl Gershman to The Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a health crisis but a political crisis as well.  A year ago the National Endowment for Democracy...

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