The Social Science Research Council’s African Peacebuilding Network (APN) had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Rose Jaji, an APN alumnus (Individual Research Grant 2017) and senior lecturer at the University…
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Podcasts
Kujenga Amani Podcast: Lena Slachmuijlder of Search for Common Ground
by African Peacebuilding Network
For the latest episode of the African Peacebuilding Network’s Kujenga Amani podcast, we sat down with Search for Common Ground‘s vice president of programs, Lena Slachmuijlder, an accomplished journalist, editor, human rights defender, director, producer, performing artist, cultural facilitator, trainer, and project manager with over twenty-five years of experience in peacebuilding. Lena joined […]
Democracy, Development and Governance
Resolving the Omo Onile land-related crisis in Lagos, Nigeria
by Taiwo Owoeye
Part of the crisis threatening peace in Africa is the struggle over land and natural resources. This crisis is rooted in a series of structural, historical, and socioeconomic factors. It is also driven by increasing urbanization, land-grabbing, demographic pressure, inadequate property rights, and conflicting land tenure systems. This essay is based on a land-related crisis […]
Podcasts
Kujenga Amani Podcast: Paul D. Williams on the African Peace and Security Architecture
by African Peacebuilding Network
Since the founding of the African Union (AU) in 2002, its role in promoting peace and security on the continent has evolved considerably. Compared with its predecessor, the Organization of African Unity, the AU has played a more active role in peacekeeping and peace support operations. For the third episode of the APN’s Kujenga Amani podcast, we […]
Editorials
Call for Proposals: African Peacebuilding Network-Social Science Research Council 2019 Research Grants
by African Peacebuilding Network
In order to advance African debates on peacebuilding and promote African perspectives, the APN offers competitive research grants annually and is currently accepting grant proposals for the 2019 cycle.
Special Issues
The State and the Environmental Clean-Up in Ogoni: Building Peace or the Continuation of Oil Politics in the Niger …
Special Issues
Post-Conflict Peacebuilding Process and Environmental Governance: Implications for Peace and Security in Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region
by Oluwatoyin O. Oluwaniyi
At the heart of the violent conflict in the Niger Delta region is the struggle over a non-renewable resource—crude oil—Nigeria’s chief revenue earner, mainly extracted by multinational oil corporations in the oil-producing region since the late 1950s. Unfortunately, the exploitation of oil has resulted in the disruption of local communities’ traditional livelihoods and the pollution […]
Special Issues
Women, Petro-Insurgency, and Peacebuilding in Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region
by Abosede Omowumi Babatunde
While some recent studies have focused on the gender dimension of the struggle for environmental justice in the Niger Delta, limited attention is devoted to the role of women in the oil-related conflict and the implications for peacebuilding in the Niger Delta. The feminist essentialist notion that women are naturally peaceful is being challenged by […]