The APN held a Media Experts Consultative Meeting on “Model Curriculum for Conflict-Sensitive Journalism in Africa,” in Accra, Ghana in collaboration with the University of Ghana from June 19th-20th, 2019. We had…
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An Interview with 2019 APN Grantee Abubakari Ahmed
by African Peacebuilding Network
The African Peacebuilding Network, in collaboration with the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding, held a Policy Dialogue on “Mediating Natural Resource Conflict in Africa: Connecting Practice to Research” in Abuja, Nigeria from the 25th to the 26th of September. We had the opportunity to sit down with current APN Grantee (IRG 2019) Abubakari Ahmed to […]
Africa
Rethinking Responses to Displacement in Northeast Nigeria
by Dr. Titilope F. Ajayi
As a panelist at the maiden Kofi Annan Peace and Security Forum held in Accra in early September 2019, I was invited to reflect on the challenges facing internally and externally displaced populations in situations of violent extremism. In retrospect, I realize that there is a tendency and temptation to frame these primarily in terms […]
Interviews
An Interview with Patricia Serwaa Afrifa, Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Alumnus
Next Gen Fellowships
My PhD Journey: Reflections on the Next Gen Fellowship as a Game Changer
by John Mwangi
The Next Gen fellowship awards made a great difference in the trajectory of my PhD journey from inception to completion in September 2018.
Africa
Points of Tension between African States and the International Criminal Court
by Maxine Rubin
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has been accused of unfairly targeting African states. The ICC began operating in 2002 and it is the first permanent court that has the power to prosecute individuals for acts of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes of aggression, which are considered as the “core crimes.” Accusations of […]
Interviews
An Interview with Professor Sarah Ssali
by Next Generation Social Sciences and African Peacebuilding Network
The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) held a joint training workshop in Peduase, Aburi, Ghana from the 24th to the 28th of June, 2019. We had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Sarah Ssali, Associate Professor and Dean of the School of Women and Gender Studies […]
Africa
Navigating the Research Terrain for Graduate Students in Africa: A Reflection
by Emilly Comfort Maractho
Early this year, a woman I know from her public engagement in Uganda walked up to me after I had spoken at an event, politely requesting some of my time for a brief chat. We stepped aside and she poured out her heart—her master’s dissertation was not going well. She wanted me to give her […]
Essays
‘#ChurchToo’? The Women’s Rights Movement and the Sexual Emancipation of “Sacred” Spaces in Nigeria