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Why Was Violence Lower in Nigeria’s 2023 Election: Implications for Peacebuilding?
An Unusual Election 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...
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State Resilience Index Annual Report 2022
BEND NOT BREAK: RESILIENCE IN UNSTABLE TIMES NATE HAKEN When Ukraine was invaded in February 2022, many believed Kiev would quickly fall to the Russians. It did not. When NATO withdrew from...
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Fragile States Index 2021
A HEALTH CRISIS IS MORE THAN A HEALTH CRISIS – PREPARE ACCORDINGLY NATALIE FIERTZ As 2020 came to a close, the world looked back on a global pandemic, protests, lockdowns, and economic turmoil...
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Fragile States Index 2017
FACTIONALIZATION AND GROUP GRIEVANCE FUEL RISE IN INSTABILITY J. J. MESSNER Though South Sudan has returned to top position on the annual Fragile States Index (FSI) for 2017, and Finland continues to...
Impacts of Violence on Women and Girls in Kaduna
Women and girls are often the targets — either directly or caught in the crossfire — of this inter-communal conflict. They also bear the brunt of economic pressures through displacement, livelihood...
Impacts of Conflict, Violence on Women and Girls in Nigeria's Plateau State
Although the number of reported conflict fatalities in Plateau state has fallen in 2016, the effects of displacement and violence continue to reverberate in the lives of women and girls. Continuing...
Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights in Ghana
Using the information shared in the local dialogues, the July 2016 roundtable provided a forum for representatives from the four regions to voice concerns and issues at a national level. It also...
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Niger Delta Quarterly Conflict Trends, July to September 2016
Sustainable peace and security remains a key challenge in the Niger Delta region. Data shows a significantly higher number of conflict incidents and fatalities in 2016 than in 2015. However, shorter...
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Fragile States Index 2016
The Fragile States Index, produced by The Fund for Peace, is a critical tool in highlighting not only the normal pressures that all states experience, but also in identifying when those pressures are...
Growing Insecurity in Rivers: Impacts of Re-Run Elections
Elections have been a cyclical driver of conflict risk and violence in Rivers state since 1999. The state was reported to have had the highest number of violent incidents during the 2015 general...
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Niger Delta Quarterly Conflict Trends, January to March 2016
Violence has been increasing in the Niger Delta over the last several years. According to data formatted and integrated onto the Peace Map, in Quarter 1 of 2016, the number of fatalities reached the...
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Insurgency Defectors: Dangers and De-radicalization Processes
The continuous contemporary news cycle alerts us daily to the mass violence and destruction carried out by radical and extreme violent insurgent groups, and the far reaching flow on effects. Groups...
Rise in Cult Violence and Insecurity in Rivers State
Reports of cult violence have increased sharply in the Niger Delta since the beginning of 2014. This has been particularly salient in Rivers State, where the violence has been spread over a wide...
Preventing 2015 Election Violence in the Niger Delta: Highlights from the IDPU Non-Violent Election Project
By The Fund for Peace, Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta, and Academic Associates PeaceWorks* In the run-up to the 2015 Nigeria general and state elections, the Foundation for Partnership...
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Niger Delta: Conflict Bulletins, August 2015
C o n t e n t s These Conflict Bulletin provide brief snapshots of the trends and patterns of conflict risk factors at the State and LGA levels, drawing on the data available on the P4P Digital...
Conflict Bulletin: Imo State - August 2015
Patterns and Trends, January 2012 — June 2015 By Nate Haken and Patricia Taft Imo state has a population of approximately 3.9 million people, according to the 2006 census. The population is...
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Kenya and Nigeria Struggle with Increasing Numbers of Internally Displaced
As a result of ongoing and deep-seated conflicts – particularly those in the Middle East and Africa -- internal displacement is at the highest level the world has ever seen. With over 11 million...
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Fragile States Index 2015
The Fragile States Index, produced by The Fund for Peace, is a critical tool in highlighting not only the normal pressures that all states experience, but also in identifying when those pressures are...
Conflict Briefing: Warri South West, Delta State
The Export Processing Zone (EPZ) is located in the vicinity of Ugborodo Community, Warri South West, Delta State. Also known as the Gas Industrial City Project, the EPZ is a $20 billion initiative by...