I was honored to be a part of a panel on “Understanding Chronic Crisis,” featuring myself and two other African…
Reflections on the Washington, DC Conference and Consultations, March 5-6, 2020
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Reflections on the Washington, DC Advocacy Trip, March 5-6, 2020
Having worked in the gender-skewed field of conflict for over 15 years, I was very excited to be part of…
Editorial: Reflections on the SSRC-SFCG Conference and Consultations with Policy Makers and Practitioners, Washington, DC, March 5 – 6, 2020
Reflections on the SSRC-SFCG Conference and Consultations with Policy Makers and Practitioners, Washington, DC, March 5 - 6, 2020.
The State and the Environmental Clean-Up in Ogoni: Building Peace or the Continuation of Oil Politics in the Niger Delta?
In 2008, the Nigerian government invited the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) to undertake an environmental impact assessment of oil…
Post-Conflict Peacebuilding Process and Environmental Governance: Implications for Peace and Security in Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region
At the heart of the violent conflict in the Niger Delta region is the struggle over a non-renewable resource—crude oil—Nigeria’s…
Women, Petro-Insurgency, and Peacebuilding in Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region
While some recent studies have focused on the gender dimension of the struggle for environmental justice in the Niger Delta,…
Special Issue: The Present and Future of Peacebuilding in the Niger Delta
Since 2009 when the Nigerian government declared a Presidential Amnesty for militants in the restive oil-producing Niger Delta, the fragile…
Special Issue: “African Youth—Generation Next for Peacebuilding? Trends and Prospects”
Africa is currently experiencing unprecedented population growth, characterized in part by a booming youth demographic. “Youth”—defined by the African Union’s…
New Threats to Africa’s Peace and Security: the Role of Youth in Preventing Conflicts and Building Sustainable Peace
Today, more than 600 million young people globally live in fragile and conflict-affected areas, a large proportion of them in…
Interfaith Dialogue on Violent Extremism: Putting Youth in the Driver’s Seat!
Since 2000, the issue of violent extremism has risen to the highest levels of national, regional, and global concern. While…