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«Monday May 19, 2008»
Africa Workgroup: " Impact of Media on Elections in Africa"
Start: May 19 2008 - 12:30pm
End: May 19 2008 - 2:00pm

SID-Washington's Africa Workgroup, in cooperation with the Governance, Corruption, Rule of Law Workgroup, invites you to a discussion on the impact of the media in mitigating or contributing to election violence in Africa. 

For decades the media has had a powerful influence on the outcome of elections in Africa.  This power has been used for good by increasing transparency and accountability of political candidates and elections and has been used for evil by manipulating election results and exploiting existing tensions resulting in post-election violence and strife.  This can most recently be seen in the post-election results of Kenya and Zimbabwe. 

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