What explains the targeting of lethal election violence? Why is violence selectively targeted against candidates for office, party workers, or voters during some elections and indiscriminate in others? In answering this question, this talk draws attention to the joint production of election violence by politicians and different armed groups in Nigeria.
Join us on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET.
Speaker:
Megan Turnbull
Assistant Professor
Department of International Affairs
University of Georgia
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