SLEIGHT IS RIGHT: CYBER CONTROL AS A NEW BATTLEGROUND FOR AFRICAN ELECTIONS.
Sleight of hand in manipulating the computation of results has become the new might for deciding who wins presidential elections. It appears that whoever controls the computation exercises a right to take advantage and win, and whoever loses or relinquishes control of the computation loses the elect...
| Publicado en: | African Affairs Vol. 119; no. 1; pp. 68 - 90 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jan2020
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