Project 2011 Swift Count (PSC), a coalition of four Nigerian civil society groups from across the country, has released two preliminary reports on voter registration based on reports from approximately 1,000 observers who were deployed across all of Nigeria's 774 local government areas.

NDI President Kenneth Wollack outlined ways the international community can provide moral support and practical assistance to political and civic leaders, media and ordinary citizens in the aftermath of the brutal crackdown by government forces in Belarus following failed elections Dec. 19.

Wollack spoke at a Jan. 27 hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs.

Over the course of 20 years, Albania has made great steps in its democratic transition. Since 1991, NDI and the International Republican Institute (IRI) have been proud to support Albanian political parties, civic groups and citizens as they seek to build a political system of fairness, inclusion and transparency.