West Africa researcher for Human Rights Watch Corinne Dufka says [1]:”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 [2] using the Ushahidi platform [Fr].
Cote d'Ivoire: Reports of Violence as Elections Approach
· Written by Lova Rakotomalala
Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Digital Activism, Elections, Human Rights, Technology