FFP and PIND Nigeria Business Risk Brief – May 2023 Photo by Nate Haken FFP has worked with PIND to develop a new product in support of insurance underwriters, investors, and companies seeking to assess and mitigate the risk of damage or abandonment, inability to access funds, and permanent loss of equity in countries around […]
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Why Was Violence Lower in Nigeria’s 2023 Election: Implications for Peacebuilding?
- 14 August 2023
PIND Foundation and FFP Joint Report Photo by Emmanuel Ikwuegbu on Unsplash The 2023 election was unlike any since Nigeria’s Fourth Republic began in 1999. Among the many anomalies and contradictions included high registration and low turnout, a popular third-party candidate, and an electorate less polarized by region, ethnicity, and religion than at any time […]
The Displacement Cycle: Tentative Progress Toward Stability in CAR
- 27 July 2023
BY BENJAMIN WILSON The Central African Republic (CAR) has experienced long-term, widespread insecurity that has contributed to high levels of internal displacement and refugee flows. Although such insecurity intensified in the early-to-mid 2010s, a more stable government has helped the nation improve over the past few years. The Fund for Peace’s Fragile States Index (FSI) […]
Guyana – A Wellspring of Potential
- 06 June 2023
BY MELINDA ELLINGTON Photo by Grant Durr on Unsplash Despite a history of turbulent politics, ethnic divisions, and fractious relationships with neighbors, Guyana has the potential to become one of the biggest success stories of the decade. The discovery of oil fields has flooded the nation with resources that could improve public services, civic participation, and economic […]
An Elusive Search for Stability in Burkina Faso as France Takes a Big Step Back
- 31 May 2023
By Billy Agwanda Photo by Stijn Swinnen on Unsplash Until 2015, Burkina Faso, a landlocked West African country with a population of 22 million, remained untouched by the array of jihadist groups operating in the Sahel. Prior to 2015, it was even considered to be an ‘island of stability’. Analysts and researchers opined that with […]
THE HOVERING CLOUD OF CHAOS; WILL NIGERIA SURVIVE A ‘HARD RESET’?
- 22 February 2023
BY Adebobola Omowon JP., Executive Director, Wide Gate Initiative for Peace and Dispute Resolution With less than a week to the Nigerian Presidential elections, the postponement of the election is more likely than the election proceeding. Pockets of violence have been witnessed in various parts of the country as the Nigerian government battles with insurgency […]
Building Resilience in a Changing Climate
- 31 January 2023
BY EMILY SAMPLE As the world confronts the effects of climate change, the vulnerability of states at all levels of development has become starkly apparent. Structural pressures are mounting, leading to increased frequency and intensity of cascading crises including stress from mass migration, droughts, extreme weather events, disease outbreaks, commodity price shocks, and associated political […]
It Will Take More than Nigeria’s Historic Petroleum Legislation to Achieve Peace in the Niger Delta
- 09 January 2023
BY NKASI WODU A little more than a year ago, the Nigerian President signed the Petroleum Industry Governance Act into Law, to achieve a major reform that had previously stalled in the National Assembly since 1999.[1] As part of this law, the Act established the Host Communities Development Trust (HCDT), which intends to “aid the […]
Stephanie Mayle
- 27 September 2022
Research Assistant Stephanie Mayle is a part-time intern at the Fund for Peace and a full-time post-graduate student at the London School of Economics, pursuing a MSc in Gender, Development, and Globalization. Stephanie most recently worked at the U.S. Agency for International Development in the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance where she focused on Central Africa, […]