Policy Brief:- Sierra Leone’s 2023 General Elections: Challenges and Opportunities for Democratic Consolidation

Sierra Leone has repeatedly experienced election-related violence in every electoral cycle since its independence in 1961. Majority of the violence documented is driven by political manipulation of ethnic differences against a background of other structural factors including lingering societal injustices, uneven distribution, and access to state resources. These historical issues and structural factors are largely unresolved and remain latent.

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