By Billy Agwanda 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 its history of religious tolerance, Burkina […]
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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, […]
Jules Ottino-Loffler
- 19 September 2022
Research Assistant Jules is a graduate of the Masters in Law and Diplomacy Program at the Fletcher School, Tufts University. He gained invaluable insights into international legal frameworks, peacebuilding, and human rights. He is passionate about peacebuilding, human rights, and human security. Before Fletcher, Jules worked at Northwestern at the Data Analytics Lab and as […]
Grace Hillerby
- 19 September 2022
Research Assistant Grace earned her BSc in Politics and International Relations and MSc in Conflict Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research focuses on political violence and terrorism, peacebuilding in the Middle East, and statebuilding and self-determination in the post-Soviet space. She has previously worked as an intern for human […]
Theodore Anastopoulo
- 19 September 2022
Research Assistant Theo is a graduate student studying famine and conflict resolution at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, where he has worked as a research aid on projects ranging from climate-induced migration to famine trajectories. He was a formerly a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mozambique, an AmeriCorps Volunteer in his hometown […]
Fund for Peace Names New Leadership Team
- 19 January 2022
The Board of Directors of the Fund for Peace is pleased to announce a new leadership team. Paul Turner has assumed the position of President and Executive Director as of January 10, 2022 and is joined by newly appointed Vice Presidents Patricia Taft Nasri and Nate Haken to lead the organization. As President and Executive […]