Introduction This article examines humanitarian protection in Zimbabwe from 2013 to 2023, marked by fluctuating funding, a surge in refugee arrivals, and the interruption of schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic. The focus is not on drafting new policies. It is on asking a harder question: whether existing child sexual abuse prevention and response systems in […]
Policy and Practice
Communicating Research for Policy Impact in African Peacebuilding Contexts: Actionable Principles and Concise Guidelines
Introduction The effective communication of research findings to policymakers is crucial for closing the gap between evidence and policy in African peacebuilding. Despite advances in peacebuilding research and digital tools, many findings do not influence decision-making due to misaligned communication, misunderstandings of what information policymakers need, and insufficient focus on knowledge translation, among other factors.¹ […]
APDD Dispatches
An Interview with Recent PhD Graduate and Next Gen Alumna, Dr. Nguye Flora Mutere
Dr. Nguye Flora Mutere is a multimedia designer, digital heritage researcher, and lecturer, teaching Interactive Media Design at the Department of Design and Creative Media at the Technical University of Kenya. She received the Next Gen doctoral dissertation proposal development fellowship grant for 2022-2023. She is an alumna of The Smithsonian’s Institution African Museology Exchange […]
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Policy and Practice
Communicating Research for Policy Impact in African Peacebuilding Contexts: Actionable Principles and Concise Guidelines
by Dr. Sokfa John
Introduction The effective communication of research findings to policymakers is crucial for closing the gap between evidence and policy in African peacebuilding. Despite advances in peacebuilding research and digital tools, many findings do not influence decision-making due to misaligned communication, misunderstandings of what information policymakers need, and insufficient focus on knowledge translation, among other factors.¹ […]
APDD Dispatches
An Interview with Recent PhD Graduate and Next Gen Alumna, Dr. Nguye Flora Mutere
by African Peacebuilding and Developmental Dynamics
Dr. Nguye Flora Mutere is a multimedia designer, digital heritage researcher, and lecturer, teaching Interactive Media Design at the Department of Design and Creative Media at the Technical University of Kenya. She received the Next Gen doctoral dissertation proposal development fellowship grant for 2022-2023. She is an alumna of The Smithsonian’s Institution African Museology Exchange […]
Government and Politics
The Baltic States and Africa: A Historic Opportunity Outside the Shadow of the West
Ghana
Cultural Diplomacy in the Digital Age: Peacebuilding Lessons from an African Debate
by Dr. Titilope F. Ajayi
President John Dramani Mahama’s recent state visit to Zambia produced an unexpected flashpoint: not on trade or security cooperation, but about his attire. He arrived in Lusaka wearing a traditional Ghanaian smock known as the fuguor batakari, a handwoven garment deeply rooted in the culture and heritage of northern Ghana. As images of him circulated […]
Technology
The myth of technological neutrality: Perspectives on an Ethical Framework for African Peacebuilding Scholarship
by Eugenia Anderson
Introduction In a social experiment, I asked Chat GPT: Which publications will you recommend for gender and student activism in Africa? Several of the scholars on the list were non-African scholars. As an emerging scholar in the field, I went further to ask why my publications on gender and student activism were left out. The […]
Military
Militarized Yet Under-Policed: The Dilemma of Conflict Early Response in the Niger Delta
by Chukwudi Gbadebo Njoku
Introduction: Violence and militarization of the Niger Delta The Niger Delta is one of the most oil and gas-rich regions in the world. Yet, it is mired in cycles of conflict and environmental crises that fuel underdevelopment and threaten human security.1 Each state in the region has unique and crosscutting forms of insecurity, including those […]
APDD Dispatches
Fellowship Spotlight: Interview with IRG Alumna, Dr. Pamela Khanakwa
by African Peacebuilding and Developmental Dynamics
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS) recognized the Dean of the School of Liberal and Performing Arts (SLPA), Dr. Pamela Khanakwa (APN IRG 2015), for outstanding academic leadership at Makerere University, which has seen her supervise six of eighteen doctoral graduates, with three graduating within the official three-year timeframe. Link to full story: […]