Working Papers

By Country

 

Cameroon	October 2004	2004 Presidential Election Briefing
Cote D' Ivoire	October 2000	The Politics of People's power
	December 1999	Joining the instability cycle: the coup must be condemned
	April 2000	The General's new clothes
Ghana	December 2004	Reflections on Ghana's Recent Election
		Democracy, Security & Poverty in Ghana: A Midterm Review of the Kuofor Administration
	December 2000	Briefing paper on the 7 Dec. Elections
Liberia	December 2005	Press Release: CDD commends Liberian people for 2005 Presidential elections
	December 2000	The assault on CEDE officials in Monrovia
Niger	December 2004	Election Briefing: Niger Presidential Elections
Nigeria
	April 2006	Legislation and the Electoral Process: The Third Term Agenda and the Future of Nigerian Democracy
	February 2006	2007 Elections: Democracy in Nigeria at a Crossroads
	September 2005	Press Release: Intention to Bar Foreign Monitors from Nigeria’s 2007 Elections
	September 2003	Privatisation in Nigeria: Critical Issues of Concern to Civil Society.
	May 2003	2003 Election Analysis  English | français
	May 2003	2003 Election Briefing
	July 2002	Challenges of Democratic Sustenance in Nigeria
	March 1999	Options and issues for the new government
	May 2001	Dilemmas of Civilian Control in a Post-Military State: Interpreting recent developments in the Nigerian Armed Forces
		Sharia : Interpreting Recent Religious and Ethnic Clashes in Nigeria
		Constitutional Reform in Nigeria: Perspectives from Civil Society
	August 2001	Constitution-Making in Nigeria: Lessons for Making a People's Constitution
Senegal	March 2000	Beacon of Hope for the West African Democratisation Process - The Presidential Election
Sierra Leone	January 1999	Current Developments in Sierra Leone and Prospects for Conflict Management
Togo	April 2005	Togo Presidential Elections WACSOF Observation Report
Zimbabwe - CDD's Observer Mission (Prof. Amos Sawyer)	February 2000	Zimbabwe National Referendum on the Draft Constitution

By Issue

 

Peace & Security	June 2001	Civil Society Consultation on the ECOWAS Moratorium on the Importation, Exportation and Manufacture of light weapons
	April 2001	Link to UN Document on: Mercenary activities as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination.
		Link to article on Small Arms by Center for Defence Information: Small Arms in Failed States: A deadly Combination
	July 2001	Africa: The Political Economy of Small Arms & Conflicts