The MAVERICK Data Project

The Modes and Agents of Election-Related Violence in Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya (MAVERICK) dataset contains information on 2,200 incidents of electoral violence from the (re)introduction of multiparty elections in the 1990s to 2022 in Côte d'Ivoire (1995-2022) and Kenya (1992-2022). MAVERICK is a georeferenced event dataset, meaning that it contains information about violent incidents related to electoral processes that took place on a specific date and in a particular location. The aim of the data collection was to generate a disaggregated and georeferenced event dataset of electoral violence incidents that contains in-depth and nuanced information on the actors initiating, perpetrating, and intervening in such violence.