Post-Conflict Elections or Post-Elections Conflict: Sierra Leone 2002 and Patterns of Voting in Sub-Saharan Africa

Authors

  • David Harris School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Keywords:

paz, Serra Leoa, eleição, multipartidarismo

Abstract

Sierra Leone is just one of a growing number of countries that has experienced the current globally popular tool of conflict resolution, the multi-party election. This method of endeavouring to put a final cap on a peace process has a mixed record in Africa. There have been some successes, but the installation of unsuitable over-powerful governments and/or the return to war have more often been the case. The article examines firstly the outcomes of the 2002 Sierra Leone elections, and then situates these consequences on a spectrum of African post-conflict elections outcomes. Finally, possibilities for avoiding or mitigating the negative effects of post conflict polls, particularly those emanating from the inevitable lack of security, are examined and posited.

Downloads

Published

2016-02-26

Issue

No. 5-6 (2004): Recomposições políticas na África contemporânea

Section

Articles

License

I authorize the publication of the submitted article/review of which I am the author.

I also declare that this article is original, that it has not been published in any other way, and that I exclusively assign the publication rights to the journal Cadernos de Estudos Africanos. Reproduction of the article, in whole or in part, in other publications or on other media is subject to the prior authorization of the publisher Centro de Estudos Internacionais do Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa.