In This Issue

Following the recent botched elections, mayhem enveloped Kenya resulting in over 300 dead and more than 100,000 persons displaced. Important urban areas including Nairobi, Eldoret and Kisumu became battlegrounds pitting neighbor against neighbor and offering opportunities for looting, arson, score settling and rape.… read more »

The public outcry and violence following the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has led the country's election commission to postpone elections until February 18. IFES is advising the Election Commission of Pakistan, or ECP, in this difficult time. IFES Chief of Party in Islamabad Staffan Darnolf recently spoke with IFES.org about the commission's decision and the challenges that lie ahead.… read more »

IFES looks to 2008 as a year of tremendous growth and opportunity. With new partnerships and funding, our international experts are poised to help tens of thousands of electoral stakeholders worldwide to strengthen democratic institutions...… read more »

Professional training usually does not involve impromptu soccer matches. But there they were: adult men and women engaging in an unexpectedly brutal game in a hotel conference room in Washington, D.C. Unbeknownst to most of the players, this was no ordinary game.… read more »