In This Issue

Voters in Sierra Leone are preparing to cast ballots in the country's first elections since 2005 when United Nations peacekeepers withdrew. The presidential and parliamentary elections on August 11 are an important test of whether the West African country is recovering from a decade of civil war... read more »

Street violence, including clashes between rampaging youths and international troops, has been linked to the political turmoil, and monitors deployed by IFES warn that more unrest may follow… read more »

On July 19, the United States Election Assistance Commission formally adopted the Pollworker Recruitment, Training and Retention Manual, a guide developed by IFES in cooperation with the Pollworker Institute and the League of Women Voters. The EAC plans to distribute hard copies and CDs of the manual nationwide beginning August 10.... read more »

The ACE Electoral Knowledge Network is expanding with the launch of nine new regional electoral resource centers. The centers were officially launched at an ACE workshop and training hosted by International IDEA in Stockholm July 17-20… read more »

IFES, International IDEA and UNDP, three of the five BRIDGE partners, organized the training, in coordination with the National Council for Human Rights. Since joining BRIDGE in March, IFES has sponsored trainings in Yemen, Liberia, and now Egypt…read more »

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