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Guyana elections seen as fair, but inclusivity challenges remain - Commonwealth observer report on Guyana’s 2025 elections

A Commonwealth Observer Group (COG), which observed Guyana’s 1 September 2025 General and Regional Elections has concluded that the elections were largely peaceful with voting, counting, and tabulation professionally managed.
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AI governance through a Commonwealth lens: "Think local, code global"

As superpower-driven artificial intelligence (AI) models evolve at pace, Chatham House research is turning the lens to how post-colonial Commonwealth countries are meaningfully shaping the global AI governance space. At a recent roundtable on the research, questions around inclusivity, language, localisation and job security were candidly addressed.
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The Commonwealth Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) Toolkit for Africa

Designed specifically for Africa, this toolkit provides a roadmap for establishing and strengthening Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) – essential frontline institutions in our collective cyber defence. It offers hands-on guidance, operational tools and policy templates that will help governments, institutions and technical communities across the region prevent, detect and respond to cyber threats with greater confidence and coordination.
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Fourteenth Commonwealth Regional Conference and Annual General Meeting for Heads of Anti-corruption Agencies in Commonwealth Africa

This report is a record of the proceedings of the 14th Commonwealth Regional Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM) for Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa held from 6 to 11 May 2024 at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel, Accra, Ghana, under the theme ‘Strengthening institutions and promoting transparency: A means of fighting corruption in Commonwealth Africa’.

The conference was convened by the °®Âþµº, the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) of Ghana, the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), and the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
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Commonwealth Observer Group says Trinidad and Tobago elections well organised, and notes areas for improvement

The Commonwealth Observer Group (COG) has commended key election stakeholders of Trinidad and Tobago on a well-organised parliamentary election, in preliminary findings on the 2025 polls, but urged action to regulate campaign finance to ensure a level playing field for all candidates.
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