BY CHLOE PAN Protests in the October 2020 Nigerian End SARS movement mobilized tens of thousands of people within the country to march on the streets against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), demanding for the federal government to institute change. Their demands have also captured the attention and received support from people around the world, […]
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ECOWAS Early Warning Directorate Country Risk & Vulnerability Assessments
- 18 September 2020
“We cannot talk about conflict prevention without recognizing the role of early warning and response. They are intertwined.” This film documents the Country Risk and Vulnerability Assessments (CRVA) conducted across West Africa to measure communities’ resilience to conflict, humanitarian emergencies and other shocks. These CRVAs take a hyper local approach to data collection and assessment, […]
Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights in Ghana
- 26 November 2015
BY J.J. MESSNER AND HANNAH BLYTH With the government of Ghana announcing in 2014 that it would sign onto the VPs initiative as the first African nation to do so, it is now in the stages developing a VPs National Action Plan. Working with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau for Democracy, Rights and Labor, […]
Conflict Bulletin: Abia State – Patterns and Trends, 2012-2015
- 19 August 2015
BY NATE HAKEN AND PATRICIA TAFT* Since 2012, Abia has been the most peaceful state in the Niger Delta overall, as measured by fatalities per capita. In the 2015 gubernatorial elections, Okezie Ikpeazu, of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was elected to replace outgoing Governor Theordore Orji (also PDP) in the second round of voting, […]
“All eyes should be on coastal West Africa as countries such as Benin deal with violent insecurity and climate pressure creeping down from the Sahel.”[email protected]
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To Fight Climate Change and Insecurity in West Africa, Start with Democracy
This blog was originally posted on NewSecurityBeat, a blog of the Environmental Change and Security Program at the Wilson Center. Secretary of State ...
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Join AfP's L&E team on Wed, 12/1 at 10:15am ET as they contribute to a discussion on advancing the use of GIS in peacebuilding, as part of a workshop on emerging technologies in peacebuilding & prevention organized by @nyuCIC!
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A devastating economic crisis is looming over Afghanistan, with the potential to force over 95% of the population into poverty by next year. Can the Taliban face this challenge? Our Andrew Watkins (@and_huh_what) addresses this and more:
An Assessment of Taliban Rule at Three Months – Combating Terrorism Center at West Point
Abstract: In spite of the evolution in Taliban shadow governance over the past decade and the group’s growing sense of military and political m...
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