The APN and Next Gen had the chance to attend the 3rd Biennial Conference of the African Studies Association of Africa, where several APN and Next Gen alumni, fellows, and grantees were…
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Interviews
An Interview with 2019 APN Grantee Onyinyechukwu Onyido Durueke
by African Peacebuilding Network
Dr. Onyinyechukwu Onyido Durueke was interviewed during the APN-WANEP Policy Dialogue on “Mediating Natural Resource Conflict in Africa: Connecting Practice to Research” in Abuja, Nigeria. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. APN: Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your APN-supported research project? Onyinyechukwu Onyido Durueke: My name is Onyinyechukwu […]
Essays
A Researcher’s Dilemma: Reflections on Conducting Fieldwork in the Volatile Terrain of North Central Nigeria
by Abosede Omowumi Babatunde
As a member of a collaborative research team awarded a research grant by the African Peacebuilding Network (APN) of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) to carry out a study on “Herders-Farmers Conflicts in Africa: Historical Trajectories: New Issues, Responses and Lessons for Peacebuilding,” I conducted fieldwork in the conflict-affected Plateau state, in North Central […]
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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 […]
APDD Dispatches
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 […]