At CDD-Ghana, we work to promote and strengthen democracy, good governance, and inclusive development in Ghana and the rest of Africa.
Supreme Court cites CDD-Ghana research in landmark ruling on internal party elections
Ghana’s Supreme Court has cited research by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) in a landmark ruling declaring the use of delegate-based systems by political parties to select presidential and parliamentary candidates unconstitutional. In its judgment in Prof. Kwabena
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Established in 1998, Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) is an independent not-for-profit think-and-do-tank that works through research, policy engagement, thought leadership, and civic dialogue and partnerships to promote and strengthen democracy, good governance, and inclusive development in Ghana and the rest of Africa. A founding Core Partner (and Ghana National Partner) of Afrobarometer, CDD-Ghana is also the convenor and secretariat for the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), West Africa Election Observers Network (WAEON), and West Africa Democracy Solidarity Network (WADEMOS).
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Don’t weaken the courts over Sedina verdict, CDD-Ghana fellow urges Ghanaians
Democracy and Development Fellow at the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Professor John Osae-Kwapong has urged Ghanaians to exercise restraint in their criticism of
Africa must act collectively amid rising geopolitical tensions – H.E. Hanna Tetteh
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Libya, H.E. Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, has called on African countries to strengthen collective
Ghana must use AU chairmanship to drive Africa’s transformation – Ambassador D.K. Osei
President of the Ghana Council on Foreign Relations, Ambassador D.K. Osei, has urged Ghana to use its upcoming chairmanship of the African Union (AU) to
