Authorities should adopt a participatory and transparent approach in demarcating the boundary between Oromia and Addis Ababa, and in renegotiating relations between the regions and the political center within the country’s federal…
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Gender
Renegotiating Gender during Fieldwork in Conflict-Affected Settings: Overcoming Some Challenges
by Abosede Omowumi Babatunde
Despite the ethical challenges that conflict settings pose, conducting fieldwork in such places provides great opportunities to generate data essential for designing post-conflict peacebuilding activities.
Policy and Practice
In Memoriam: Professor Pius Adesanmi
by Temitope Oriola
He was a thorn in the flesh of Africa’s political class, especially the Nigerian political elite. Everyone who knew him was struck by his decency, humor, intellect, and capacity to connect with others.
Democracy, Development and Governance
Zimbabwe’s Cyber-Shutdown: A Counterproductive Economic Decision or a Politically Retrogressive Move?
by Toyin Ajao
Not only has it recently become more difficult for Zimbabweans to meet their basic needs, but the government has also prevented them from exercising their human rights.
Democracy, Development and Governance
Special Issue: Perspectives on the Postponement of Nigeria’s 2019 Elections
by African Peacebuilding Network
The postponement of Nigeria’s elections, just hours before the commencement of voting on Saturday last week, sent shockwaves across the country and beyond. Many people were concerned not just about the readiness of the country’s electoral management institution but also about the fate of democratic peace and security in Africa’s most populous country. Nigerians vote […]
Democracy, Development and Governance
The Postponement of the 2019 Nigerian Elections: Implications for Democracy, Peace, and Security
by Noah Echa Attah
This article explores the implications—for democracy, peace, and security—of the postponement of Nigeria’s 2019 elections, initially set for February 16 (presidential and national assembly) and March 2 (governor and state assembly). Both elections have now been rescheduled to February 23 and March 11, respectively. Nigeria’s electoral history is replete with poll postponements since the military […]
Democracy, Development and Governance
Repeating Past Failures: Nigeria’s Election Umpire and the Legacy of Poll Cancellations
by Azeez Olaniyan
By 2:30 am in the morning of February 16, 2019, less than six hours before the polls were scheduled to open, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, announced the postponement of presidential and national assembly elections citing logistical and operational problems. Predictably, INEC’s decision was widely condemned by Nigerians who […]
Democracy, Development and Governance
The Postponement of Nigeria’s 2019 Elections: Is Democracy on Hold?