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Sit-at-Home Protest in Southeast Nigeria: Exploring the Socio-Economic and Security Impact

Introduction The Sit-at-Home protest, also known as “Ghost Town,” emerged in 2021 1 as a major source of crisis in Southeast Nigeria. This protest involved individuals voluntarily abstaining from engaging in their regular daily activities, including work, school, business, and social interactions in response to calls by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to adopt civil […]

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May 30, 2025

Political and security implications of public reactions to unconstitutional changes of government in (West) Africa: The curious case of Burkina Faso

In the run-up of activities leading up to the 50th anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), and the Conflict Research Network (CORN) – West Africa, organised a high-level policy dialogue from 15-16 April in Accra, Ghana, on “Understanding […]

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May 15, 2025

Communities of Practice as a Transformative Strategy for Digital Peacebuilding in Africa

Background As digital technologies continue to reshape the global peacebuilding landscape, new possibilities and challenges keep emerging. Some limitations relate to epistemic injustices and blindness toward local perspectives and experiences, partly due to a universalist assumption that technologies function uniformly across contexts.1 During my African Peacebuilding Network (APN) Individual Research Fellowship (2023/2024), I explored the […]

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May 8, 2025

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Sit-at-Home Protest in Southeast Nigeria: Exploring the Socio-Economic and Security Impact

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Introduction The Sit-at-Home protest, also known as “Ghost Town,” emerged in 2021 1 as a major source of crisis in Southeast Nigeria. This protest involved individuals voluntarily abstaining from engaging in their regular daily activities, including work, school, business, and social interactions in response to calls by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to adopt civil […]

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Political and security implications of public reactions to unconstitutional changes of government in (West) Africa: The curious case of Burkina Faso

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In the run-up of activities leading up to the 50th anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), and the Conflict Research Network (CORN) – West Africa, organised a high-level policy dialogue from 15-16 April in Accra, Ghana, on “Understanding […]

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Communities of Practice as a Transformative Strategy for Digital Peacebuilding in Africa

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The Invisibility of the “Born Free” Generation in the New Namibian Cabinet

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Introduction The growing and improving presence of younger individuals in African parliaments offer potential for greater age balance, but whether their potential will be fully realized remains to be seen. Globally, the youth constitute the majority of the voting population but are severely underrepresented in political life.1 While people under the age of 30 account […]

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The Dynamics of Conducting Field-based Research within Religious Spaces in South Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

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Introduction This article is based on my experience conducting field research among African Pentecostal churches in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. My research project involved conducting interviews and examining liturgical practices for the purpose of identifying processes of reconciliation in these churches. It also investigated how such practices could complement socio-political ideologies that were […]

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Aborted Democratic Peacebuilding in Sudan: A Tale of Western Apathy, Regional Encroachments, and Domestic Disillusionment

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The views expressed here emanated from a panel discussion on “Trendlines and Transformations in African Democratic Governance: Lessons for US-Africa Relations,” held at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in Washington DC., on November 13, 2024. In December 2018, Sudan witnessed the third democratic uprising in its post-independent history. Led by a broad coalition […]

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Is US-Africa Relations at the Crossroads: What does it mean for Africa?

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The views expressed here emanated from a panel discussion on “Trendlines and Transformations in African Democratic Governance: Lessons for US-Africa Relations,” held at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in Washington DC., on November 13, 2024. Introduction The world is undergoing momentous geopolitical transitions as the major powers, along with a growing number of […]

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An Interview with Recent PhD Graduate and Next Gen Alumna, Susan Kung’u

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