Preventing Electoral Violence in Ghana – the Security Sector Reform (SSR) Solution

Abstract

Elections serve many important purposes in states across the globe, most especially as an important means of acquiring or retaining political power. This has led to violence as a characteristic of electoral politics in Africa and Ghana. This paper seeks to provide insights into electoral violence in Ghana, and offer Security Sector Reform as a means of curbing it. The paper also offers some complementary to preventing electoral violence.

Keywords

• africa
• elections
• electoral violence
• ghana
• politics
• security sector reform.