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Background on Electoral Conflict in Ghana In Ghana, every election since 1992 has experienced some level of violence, however, the level and intensity of the violence varies from election to election.  Although electoral violence may be considered less severe in Ghana than in other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, to ignore symptoms is to create vulnerabilities which have fostered an environment where the violence has been permitted to continue. Political competition is fundamental to a free election.  However, an irony associated with the motives for electoral violence in Ghana is that it is the prospect of genuine political competition and the possibility of change in office, that is, the fight for succession, which triggers acts of violence to suppress the support and turnout for … [Read more...]