"I think that if peace is to be sustainable, it has to be locally owned. It cannot be driven from the outside. And what we have seen overall, as you look back…
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Democracy, Development and Governance
Bolsonaro’s Victory Is Likely to See Brazil Scale down Africa Interests
by Amy Niang
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. His first son is a senator for the state of Rio do Janeiro. His second son a municipal councillor in the city of Rio, and his third is a federal deputy for the state of São Paulo. And he […]
Interviews
Life as an APN Alumnus: An Interview with Dr. Rose Jaji
by African Peacebuilding Network
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 of Zimbabwe. The interview was conducted at the APN’s Training Workshop on Research Methods held in Accra, Ghana in June 2017. It has […]
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 […]
Interviews
Life as an APN Alumnus: An Interview with Dr. Fana Gebresenbet
by African Peacebuilding Network
African Peacebuilding Network: Can you begin by telling us about yourself and your research prior to receiving your APN grant? Fana Gebresenbet: I was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I completed my first degree in plant sciences at Haramaya University in 2003 and my master’s degree in physical land resources at Ghent University (Belgium) in […]
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 Delta?
by Kialee Nyiayaana
In 2008, the Nigerian government invited the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) to undertake an environmental impact assessment of oil exploitation in Ogoniland. The government’s action was in response to claims by Ogoni people that Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil company which has been extracting oil from Ogoniland for decades destroyed their ecosystem through gas flaring […]
Special Issues
Post-Conflict Peacebuilding Process and Environmental Governance: Implications for Peace and Security in Nigeria’s …