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Research Paper

Youth, Peace and Elections in West Africa

A research paper on how youth-led peace networks shaped the 2023 electoral cycle across four West African countries.

  • AuthorA. Bello and O. Adebayo
  • LanguageEnglish
Abstract

How youth-led networks shaped the 2023 West African electoral cycle.

The paper draws on 120 interviews with young peacebuilders in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Liberia. It maps the strategies youth networks used to reduce electoral violence and offers policy recommendations for donors and electoral commissions.