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    Sorting ballots in Sudan.

    Sudan

    IFES is implementing a 3-year program to deliver technically sound and credible elections by providing advisory, technical and material assistance to the election commission, the referendum commission and the referendum bureau.

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    Civic Education, Civil Society, Elections

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    During the campaign for the revision of the voters' list, IFES made a great effort to reach the youth, women and the illiterate population. Kamissa Camara/IFES

    Guinea

    IFES has been working in Guinea since 1991 and has since conducted several technical assessments and provided technical assistance to a variety of electoral stakeholders, including Guinea’s Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI).

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    Elections, Electoral Systems, Civil Society

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IFES first began its work in Uganda in 1994, when it facilitated a post-elections evaluation seminar at the request of the Electoral Commission. Since that time, IFES has provided assistance to the Electoral Commission and conducted a survey of citizens' views about democracy and their government.

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IFES is implementing its USAID-funded Technical Assistance for Elections Support program through the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Specifically, IFES is working closely with the newly established Democracy and Electoral Assistance Unit.

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Ethiopia is Africa’s oldest independent country. While it was briefly colonized by the Italians under Mussolini, it has been relatively free from the coups that have disrupted politics elsewhere in Africa. However, as one of the continent’s poorest states, its politics have often been disrupted by famine, drought and war.

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IFES has supported democracy's emergence and consolidation throughout sub-Saharan Africa since 1989. From its start conducting a groundbreaking series of pre-election technical assessments, IFES' Africa program portfolio today features activities in elections, rule of law, civil society and governance.

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