Democracy Watch 11 of Poodles and Free Speech
Stop Re-Introducing Abolished Criminal Libel Regime
Antibiotics Resistance, Ticking Time Bomb
By: Kwame Sarpong-Asiedu Brene Brown, one of the leading researchers on vulnerability argues that “owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love, belonging, joy and the experiences that make us […]
Democracy Watch Newsletter_8
Understanding How Dirty Money Fuels Campaign Financing in Ghana
Since the inception of the Fourth Republic on January 7th, 1993, the role of money in Ghanaian politics has grown exponentially. In 2018, the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) and the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) reported an estimated 59% increase in the cost of running for office as a member of parliament from […]
Rising Cost of Politics in Ghana Attracting Illicit Funding from Organized Crime – CDD-Ghana/ASI Study
2nd Border Communities Monitoring and Sensitization Report
Afrobarometer’s Josephine Sanny named IPR Discovery of the Year
Afrobarometer Knowledge Translation Manager Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny was honored as Public Relations Discovery of the Year 2020 at the Institute of Public Relations (IPR) Ghana Excellence Awards Friday in Akosombo, Ghana. The award recognizes individuals “who demonstrated ability, capacity, and tremendous professional development in the field of public relations and communications in the year under […]
Enhancing Constitutional Obedience and Enforcement
Election 2020: Validation Report on Electoral Violence Cases
Since returning to constitutional democracy in 1992, Ghana has successfully organized eight presidential and parliamentary elections. However, in Ghana’s election cycle, electoral violence remains protracted, adversely affecting lives and properties. Similar to the previous seven elections, victims in the electoral violence cases recorded in the 2020 elections are yet to get justice despite persistent calls […]
