In Memoriam: Professor Pius Adesanmi
Our hearts are broken. We have no words. This is hard to bear. The news of the death of Professor Pius Adesanmi in the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash on March 10, 2019, alongside more than 150...
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Renegotiating Gender during Fieldwork in Conflict-Affected Settings:...
Conflict-affected settings pose several challenges for researchers conducting fieldwork. These places can be especially difficult for female researchers because their gender identity could place them...
View ArticleEthiopia’s Political Transition at a Crossroads
Ethiopia, the most populous country in the Horn of Africa and the second most populous in Africa, has been at a critical political crossroads since 2014 when sustained protests by members of the Oromo...
View ArticleThe Waning Foreign Policy Influence of Tanzania under President Magufuli
In international relations, there is a rational actor model based on the postulations of a rational choice school of thought that places the individual decision-maker at the center of foreign policy...
View Article2019 Presidential Elections in Senegal: Reflections on a West African...
As the dust settles on Senegal’s tumultuous presidential elections, relatively few people are celebrating. On March 1, 2019, five days after Senegalese cast their votes, the country’s national...
View ArticleEmpowering Kenyan Voices in Peacebuilding Discourse Through Talk Radio
There can be no peace without development and no development without peace. Report of the UN Secretary-General, September 2013 As the media strives to uphold freedom, independence, and professionalism...
View ArticleNigeria’s 2019 General Elections: A Postscript
Nigerians went to the polls in March and April 2019 to elect officers who will serve for the next four years in the executive and legislative arms of government at the federal and state levels. These...
View ArticleA Perspective on Next Generation Peacebuilding in Africa: What Next?
Between April 10-12, 2019, seven alumni of two SSRC programs—the African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen)—joined some of the world’s leading...
View ArticleRural Banditry in Zamfara state, Northwest Nigeria
Nigeria’s Northwest is gradually becoming another major regional theatre of violence, much like the Northeast where Boko Haram terrorists have wreaked havoc in the past ten years. A problem, which...
View ArticleSecuring Peace and Stability in Africa: An Interview with Dr. Chukwuemeka Eze
The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) held a joint training workshop in Peduase, Aburi, Ghana from the 24th to the 28th of June, 2019. We had...
View ArticleNotes on Uganda’s “Refugee Paradise”
“…this thing is an industry; budgets are exploding…” An international refugee agency worker based in Kampala. By January 2018, media reports of a deal for Israel to deport rejected African asylum...
View Article‘#ChurchToo’? The Women’s Rights Movement and the Sexual Emancipation of...
Several allegations of sexual impropriety have over the years been leveled against ‘Biodun Fatoyinbo, the senior pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), a popular Nigeria-based megachurch....
View ArticleNavigating the Research Terrain for Graduate Students in Africa: A Reflection
Early this year, a woman I know from her public engagement in Uganda walked up to me after I had spoken at an event, politely requesting some of my time for a brief chat. We stepped aside and she...
View ArticleAn Interview with Professor Sarah Ssali
The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) held a joint training workshop in Peduase, Aburi, Ghana from the 24th to the 28th of June, 2019. We had...
View ArticleAn Interview with 2019 APN Grantee Umar Ahmed
Umar Ahmed is a lecturer at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria. He received both his BA and MA degrees from the Department of Modern European Languages and Linguistics, Usmanu Danfodiyo...
View ArticlePoints of Tension between African States and the International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has been accused of unfairly targeting African states. The ICC began operating in 2002 and it is the first permanent court that has the power to prosecute...
View ArticleMy PhD Journey: Reflections on the Next Gen Fellowship as a Game Changer
Introduction I enrolled for a PhD in international relations at the United States International University (USIU-A), Nairobi, Kenya, in September 2013. At the time, I had just started my teaching...
View ArticleRethinking Responses to Displacement in Northeast Nigeria
As a panelist at the maiden Kofi Annan Peace and Security Forum held in Accra in early September 2019, I was invited to reflect on the challenges facing internally and externally displaced populations...
View ArticleAn Interview with APN Alumnus Dr. Admire Mare
The APN held a Media Experts Consultative Meeting on “Model Curriculum for Conflict-Sensitive Journalism in Africa,” in Accra, Ghana in collaboration with the University of Ghana from June 19th-20th,...
View ArticleA Researcher’s Dilemma: Reflections on Conducting Fieldwork in the Volatile...
As a member of a collaborative research team awarded a research grant by the African Peacebuilding Network (APN) of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) to carry out a study on “Herders-Farmers...
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