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Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa: A Stepping Stone for Emerging Scholars in Africa
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Religious Conflict in Ethiopia: An Interview with APN grantee Meron Zeleke Eresso
This is a cross-post from AcademiaNet, a database of profiles of excellent female researchers from all disciplines. In 2016, Dr. Meron…
A New Political Landscape of Petro-Insurgency in the Niger Delta
The Niger Delta has repeatedly produced natural resources that give the region a significant role in the global economy –…
Book Review, UN Peacekeeping in Africa
2015 and 2016 saw a bumper crop of UN peace architecture reform proposals. These included three blockbuster reviews of UN…
Life as an APN Alumnus: An Interview with Professor Audrey Gadzekpo
Professor Audrey Gadzekpo, an Alumnus (Individual Research Grant 2014) of the Social Science Research Council’s African Peacebuilding Network (APN), has…
Whither Peacebuilding Initiatives? The Escalation of Herder-Farmer Conflicts in Nigeria
There is a growing trend towards episodic, low-intensity conflicts across Nigeria, particularly in its north-central and southern zones. These conflicts…
Life as an APN Alumnus: An Interview with Dr. Asebe Regassa Debelo
The SSRC’s Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum and African Peacebuilding Network recently collaborated with the American Friends Service Committee and…
Peaceful Negotiations: Implications for the Release of Twenty-One Chibok Girls from Boko Haram Captivity
In April 2014, militant Islamist group Boko Haram abducted 276 schoolgirls from Chibok—a town in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria—making global…
Writing on African Peacebuilding: Reflection on Personal Experiences
Since everyone writes differently, formulating a standard set of advice on how best to pull together your research into an…
Do Religious Communities Hold the Key to Counter-Radicalization in Kenya?
In the post-9/11 environment, religious communities have been considered vital partners in efforts to counter radicalization widely believed to be…