The West Africa Democracy Solidarity Network (WADEMOS) and the West Africa Elections Observers Network (WAEON), embarked on a joint pre-election solidarity mission to Ghana, from October 8 – 10, 2024, ahead of the country’s general elections on December 7, 2024. The Mission acknowledged the solidarity and cooperation among Civil Society in the Economic Community of West Africa State (ECOWAS) subregion.
The Mission follows similar WADEMOS pre-election and election-day Missions in Nigeria, Sierra Leone,
Liberia (2023) and Senegal (2024), providing an opportunity for civil society from across the subregion to deepen learning, share experiences, and exchange knowledge with other key stakeholders in elections.
The Pre-Election Solidarity Mission entailed a series of meetings and briefings with key election stakeholders including the Electoral Commission of Ghana, the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), the National Peace Council (NPC), the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), the Institute of Democratic Governance; the Civic Forum Initiative (CFI), the West Africa Network on Peacebuilding (WANEP), the NPP and the NDC.
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