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EISA EOM to the Egyptian People's Assembly Elections, 28-29 November 2011:

• Interim Statement 14-15 December 2011 (English)
• Interim Statement 14-15 December 2011 (Arabic)

• Preliminary Statement in Arabic
• Preliminary Statement in English

EISA EOM to the 2011 Liberian national elections:

Second round:

• Preliminary statement, 8 November 2011.
• Arrival statement, 4 November 2011.

First round:

• Interim statement, 11 October 2011.
• Arrival statement, 6 October 2011.

African Union EOM to the 2011 Liberian national elections: Second Round Preliminary Statement  ·  First Round Interim Statement

EISA Election Observer Mission Reports:

• Zanzibar Presidential, House of Representatives and Local Government Elections 31 October 2010
• De l'élection présidentielle du 27 juin et pour le deuxième tour du 07 novembre 2010 en République de Guinée
• South Africa National and Provincial Elections 22 April 2009

In line with its vision of an African continent where democratic governance, human rights and citizen participation are upheld in a peaceful environment, EISA has opened an office in Harare, Zimbabwe.

EISA Election Observer Mission to the Zambia Tripartite Elections of 20 September 2011 - Interim Statement.

The African Union Observer Mission on the Tripartite Zambia Elections - Preliminary Statement

Nigeria: 2011 Election observer missions and reports

• EISA Technical Team to the 2011 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Uganda:
• Interim Statement
• Arrival Statement.

Resources

Good Governance Learning Network 2011 Recognising Community voice and dissatisfaction: A Civil Society Perspective on Local Governance in South Africa.

New & Updated Democracy Encyclopedia Country Profiles

Publications

• New books available at EISA
  • Voter Registration in Africa: A Comparative Analysis, ed. Astrid Evrensel, Free download (PDF).
  • When Elephants Fight: Preventing and Resolving Election-Related Conflicts in Africa, eds Khabele Matlosa, Gilbert M Khadiagala and Victor Shale
  • Resourcing the Local State: Local Government and Revenue Raising in the SADC Region. A compendium of research reports, EISA 2010
  • This Seat is Taken: Elections and the Under-representation of Women in Seven Southern African Countries, edited by Gender Links, 2010
  • EISA's APRM programme has produced a publication entitled Peering the Peers: Civil Society and the African Peer Review Mechanism. This volume of essays from leading civil society and governance experts in Africa examines the critical role of civil society in the APRM.
• Volume 9, Number 1 of EISA's accredited Journal of African Elections is now available.
• New Research Report: Political Integration and Democratisation in Southern Africa: Progress, Problems and Prospects by Khabele Matlosa and Kebapetse Lotshwao. Free download (PDF).
• Download Election Observer Mission reports. Hard copies are available on order.
• EISA's new Policy Brief series begins with a publication entitled When Elections Become a Curse: Redressing Electoral Violence in Africa. The Policy Brief is available for free download.
• Compendium of Elections in Southern Africa 1989-2009: 20 Years of Multiparty Democracy. Edited by Denis Kadima and Susan Booysen, the 2nd edition of EISA's Compendium was launched in 2009.