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JACKI LYDEN, host: It's NPR's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Jacki Lyden. The president of the Ivory Coast--or the Cote d'Ivoire, as it's formally known--fled his country today in a plane offered by…

December, 1999

SDF North American Convention Keynote Address on "DEMOCRATIZATION IN AFRICA: PROSPECTS FOR THE 21st CENTURY" Chris Fomunyoh, Ph.D.

WASHINGTON DC, NOVEMBER 27, 1999 The Chairman of the SDF North American Province Honorable members of the SDF National Executive Committee Members of the SDF / NA Organizing committeeHis…

November, 1999

NDI's Fomunyoh Rates ACSS Initiative as Smashing Success (He says creating atmosphere of open dialogue was key)

The National Democratic Institute's (NDI's) regional director for Central, Eastern and West Africa has described the first session of the U.S.-African Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) as "a very…

November, 1999

They Came, They Observed

When observer groups first surfaced on the Nigerian electoral scene to witness the presidential election of June 12, 1993, Nigerians considered the idea an entirely novel one. Today it has grown to…

June, 1999

NIGERIAN GOVERNORS MEET COURTESY OF U.S. NGO'S SUPPORT

Program participants:Dick Thornburgh, former governor of Pennsylvania and former attorney-general of the United States (right); Carole Hillard, Lieutenant - Governor of the South Dakota (center) and…

April, 1999

Gabon's Bongo Latest Strongman to Maintain Grip

Libreville, Gabon, Dec. 9 -- Today's declaration of victory for President Omar Bongo extends a pattern in this year of presidential elections in West Africa: After nearly a decade of creeping…

December, 1998

Election in Nigeria Was Fair Enough, Monitors Say Africa: Mood is upbeat after vote that began transition to democracy. Polling will continue early next year.

Los Angeles Times  BUJA, Nigeria - International and domestic monitors on Tuesday praised the conduct of Nigeria's local elections last weekend but warned that some problems will have to be…

December, 1998

Clinton's Visit to Africa: Hope for the Future

President Clinton's Africa trip is the first by a sitting US president, in which he has visited the prison that held Nelson Mandela for 18 years and talked of the European slave trade on the African…

March, 1998

Cameroon Election, President's Victory Called a `Mockery of Democracy'

According to the government and political party of President Paul Biya, Cameroon's voters overwhelmingly turned out this month to applaud his 15 years in power and elect him to seven more. According…

October, 1997

African Coups Upset March of Democracy

Some Say Setbacks May Be Temporary, Cite Rise of Civil Societies Amid UpheavalsThe past month's street fights for power in three African capitals underscore that this continent's saluted post-Cold…

June, 1997

Africa analyst sees growing gap between continent's rulers and its ruled

Christopher Fomunyoh is regional director for West Africa at the National Democratic Institute. He discussed the fighting and electoral problems in the Congo with reporter Toni Marshall.Question: Is…