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The authors of this chapter argued that electoral violence is a major phenomenon in Africa that seems to defy all possible solutions or remedies. They went further to state that with the current trend or love for power by Africans, especially the leaders, it is even becoming more difficult for electoral violence to be curbed in modern day Africa. More worrisome is the fact that the great percentage of these conflicts are induced by the election process as election periods in Africa are referred to as a do or die season. From the West, East and North to the Central sub-region of Africa, electoral violence has become a norm rather than an exception as there is barely a state in Africa that has not tasted the bitter pill of electoral violence. While the search for a remedy is ongoing, the study advanced an argument that paying close attention to the finance and gender factor will get Africa out of the clutches of electoral violence as both concepts have close linkages with electoral violence.
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Edafenene, O.R., Peter, E. (2022). Elections and Electoral Violence in Africa: Causes and Implications. In: Ani, K.J., Ojakorotu, V. (eds) Elections and Electoral Violence in Nigeria. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4652-2_2
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