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,…
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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 …
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 […]
Special Issues
Special Issue: The Present and Future of Peacebuilding in the Niger Delta
by Kenneth Chukwuemeka Nwoko
Since 2009 when the Nigerian government declared a Presidential Amnesty for militants in the restive oil-producing Niger Delta, the fragile peace in the region has faced several challenges. The situation is not unconnected to the continued environmental degradation resulting from the operations of the oil industry, weak implementation of policies and developmental projects in the […]
Peacebuilding
Kofi Annan: In Service of the World
by Ejeviome Eloho Otobo and Oseloka H. Obaze
Kofi Annan’s contributions to peace and security were wide-ranging, encompassing efforts to discourage needless conflicts, support peace operations, create or nurture institutions for peacebuilding, and develop norms and policies to promote inclusive development.
Conflict
Down, but Not yet Out: Boko Haram and the Concept of “Technical Defeat”
by Azeez Olaniyan
The president may have correctly captured the situation in the war against Boko Haram, but the jury is still out on when “technical” defeat will result in total defeat. Total defeat can only be the result of a combination of military success and winning over the hearts and minds of sympathizers of Boko Haram’s extremist ideology.
