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.…
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Conflict
Rural Banditry in Zamfara state, Northwest Nigeria
by Samaila Suleiman
Rural banditry by all accounts is undermining security, peace, and development in Nigeria’s northwest. While the unfolding crisis could be linked to a set of factors, the threat to security in a region already reeling from the effects of a decade-long Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast cannot be over-stated.
Interviews
Life as an APN Alumnus: An Interview with Dr. Amanda Coffie
by African Peacebuilding Network
The Social Science Research Council’s African Peacebuilding Network (APN) had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Amanda Coffie, an APN alumnus and a Research Fellow at Legon Center for International Affairs and Diplomacy (LECIAD) at the University of Ghana. The interview was conducted at the 2019 International Studies Association Annual Convention in Toronto, Canada, […]
APDD Dispatches
Civil Society Organization and Counter-Terrorism in Northeastern Nigeria: A Conversation with Emeka Thaddues Njoku
APDD Dispatches
An Interview with Sisanda Mguzulwa
by Next Generation Social SciencesAt our July 2018 bi-annual fellows workshop in Kampala, Uganda, program staff sat down with Sisanda Mguzulwa, a 2016 and 2018 Next Gen fellow and PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town:
Peacebuilding
A Perspective on Next Generation Peacebuilding in Africa: What Next?
by Admire Mare, Toyin Ajao, Arsène Brice Bado, Fredrick Ogenga, Samaila Suleiman, Chantal Ingabire and Edmore Chitukutuku
Between April 10-12, 2019, seven alumni of two SSRC programs—the African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen)—joined some of the world’s leading thinkers, practitioners, and funders in the field of peacebuilding for a two-day high-level conference organized by Wilton Park in the United Kingdom. The theme of the meeting, […]
APDD Dispatches
The Disappearing Lake
by Uche Okpara
Is climate change likely to be a threat multiplier in conflict-prone regions? Under what conditions? What can be done to ameliorate it? These questions broadly capture the focus of my research. Much literature has sought to quantify the strength of climate-conflict linkages by taking advantage of improvements in climate and conflict data and data computing […]
Media
Empowering Kenyan Voices in Peacebuilding Discourse Through Talk Radio
by Joyce Omwoha
There can be no peace without development and no development without peace. Report of the UN Secretary-General, September 2013 As the media strives to uphold freedom, independence, and professionalism in a digitalized media environment, the world comes together on February 13 every year to mark World Radio Day. On this day, we celebrate the unique […]