Ghana Pre-Election Election-Related Violence

Ghana Pre-Election Election-Related Violence

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Year: 
2016
Level of government: 
National

Observed incidents of election-related violence, intimidation, and harassment were relatively low. Of the bi-weekly pre-election observations by 138 observers, these types of incidents were witnessed fourteen times and heard of 31 times, while 1014 observations showed that the observer did not hear of or witness such acts during that biweekly period. This data is congruent with initial reports of a tense pre-election period, with various reported acts of violence throughout the country. 

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