Cote d’Ivoire: Reports of Violence as Elections Approach  · Global Voices
Lova Rakotomalala

West Africa researcher for Human Rights Watch Corinne Dufka says:”While politicians and foreign diplomats have wrangled over election preparations, residents in western Côte d'Ivoire are consumed by fear of violent robbery or of being pulled from a bus and raped.” NGO Akendewa has set up a citizen reporting platform to monitor elections using the Ushahidi platform [Fr].