News and press| News Foundations Launch New Collaborative Fund to Strengthen Democracy in West AfricaThe Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation, Luminate, and Open Society Foundations have launched a $20 million West Africa Democracy Fund (WADF) to reimagine, renew and strengthen democracy across the region.
“In West Africa, the demand for democracy is not matched by the supply of democracy.
“The new Democracy Fund will support the realization of aspirations of West Africans for ‘democracy dividends’ and a more just, verdant, and peaceful world.”Brian Kagoro, Managing Director of Programs at the Open Society Foundations, stated, “Democracy in West Africa is an ideal embedded in the traditions and cultures of the people.
The fight for a more democratic West Africa is a fight for a West Africa that is free from imperial domination, neo-colonial political mortgaging, and external manipulation.
True democracy in West Africa requires governments that are accountable to their citizens and systems that deliver equitable outcomes for all.
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