LOCAL VOICES is a dive into the heart of the local reality of electionsin DRC. It is a photographic and voiced account of the legislative elections,given by Congolese grassroots communities, far away from the mainstreammediaspotlight pointed on Kinshasa. By posting two to three times a weektexts, photographies and testimonies, LOCAL VOICES turns it over to thepeople that live and make the elections: millions of voters pertaining in a ruralcontext. Reporting on the views and words of peasants, youth, women, localcivil actors, unrecognized deputy candidates, or militants, Local Voicesrecounts the political dynamics in Bunyakiri -a landlocked region of SouthKivu- as the campaign reaches its peak. ... [according to site editor's information]
EISA is non-profit organisation, established 1996 and based in Johannesburg, that strives for credible elections, participatory democracy, human rights culture, and the strengthening of governance institutions. Having field offices in Kinshasa (DR Congo), Antananarivo (Madagascar), Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire), N'djamema (Chad), Khartoum (Sudan), Bujumbura (Burundi), Nairobi (Kenya) and Maputo (Mozambique) its regional focus is no more on Southern Africa alone. EISA works in a number of programme areas, including
* Democracy, conflict management and electoral education
* Elections and political processes
* Balloting and electoral services
* Governance (political partes, APRM, institutions of governance and local governance)
* Online Democracy Encyclopedia
* Research and information (including a specialised library and in house publications).
EISA's work is supported by local, regional and international funding organisations.
A number of reports is downloadable. ... [according to site editor's information; editors ilissAfrica]
Funded by Western donors the mission of IED is to promote democracy through programmes in the electoral process, voter education, research and dissemination programmes. IED seeks to
* contribute towards the realisation of the conduct of free and fair elections,* enhance the creation of an informed voting population,
* develop and facilitate the availability of scientific and technical information relating to the electoral process. ... [editors ilissAfrica; according to site editor's information]
La COSOME est une Coalition de la société civile burundaise pour le monitoring et l'observation des élections au Burundi. Les objectifs de la COSOME sont :
1. Eduquer la population burundaise aux valeurs démocratiques, civiques et électorales ;
2. Participer à améliorer et harmoniser les textes juridiques et réglementaires en rapport avec le processus électoral (loi communale, constitution et code électoral) ;
3. Contribuer à la consolidation de la paix par la promotion des institutions démocratiquement élues ;
4. Promouvoir l'audit démocratique afin d'identifier les défis à la consolidation des valeurs démocratiques ;
5. Participer à l'observation des élections et de la campagne électorale des partis politiques pour rendre les élections paisibles, justes sereines et transparentes ;
6. Encadrer les populations afin qu'elles exigent la mise en oeuvre des programmes promis. ... [selon les informations de l'éditeur du site]
The website of Prof. Bolaji Aluko, past chair of Chemical Engineering at Howard University in Washington, DC, and president of the Nigerian Democratic Movement (NDM) serves as a platform to inform and to discuss Nigerian politics. "Originally-written articles, content from popular media outlets, and we give you, our members, the chance to provide your articles too." ... [editors ilissAfrica; according to site editor's information]
The website of the European Union Election Observation Mission to Zambia 2016 has a multitude of information on the 2016 general elections and referendum. Documents are downloadable. [editors ilissAfrica]
The Zambia Elections Information Centre (ZEIC) project is a multi-stakeholder platform that brings together key elections stakeholders drawn from civil society, independent management bodies, church mother bodies, development partners and political parties to work together on elections observation, monitoring, rapid response and proactive advocacy ahead of the general elections in Zambia. ... [according to site editor's information]
The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) is the foremost independent civil society election observation organization in Nigeria. Established in 1998 as a non-profit organization, the TMG now has 400 member organizations committed to the entrenchment of democracy in Nigeria after more than 30 years of repressive military rule. ... [according to site editor's information]