Responding to Crisis in Nigeria

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

By: Paul Wee

Nigeria currently faces a three-pronged crisis involving Muslim-Christian relations, the Niger Delta region, and presidential term limits. USIP brought together three professors to comment on the different aspects of the crises in Nigeria—this USIPeace Briefing is the convergence of their analyses.

Type: Peace Brief

Conflict Analysis & PreventionReligion

Prospect for Peace in Ivory Coast

Wednesday, February 12, 2003

On February 12, 2003, Timothy Docking, Africa specialist and program officer in the Institute's Research and Studies Program explored some of the complicated issues surrounding the ongoing conflict in the Ivory Coast during testimony before the Africa Subcommittee of the House Committee on International Relations.

Smart Partnerships for African Development: A New Strategic Framework

Smart Partnerships for African Development: A New Strategic Framework

Monday, May 13, 2002

By: Richard Joseph

Summary Political and economic liberalization in Africa have yielded mixed results, complicated by persistent armed conflicts. The New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) is at the forefront of efforts to promote enhanced investments in poorer countries that undertake political, legal, and economic reforms. Although good governance has been high on the agenda of African countries since the 1980s, state erosion, corruption, and institutional weakness characterize the public s...

Type: Special Report

EnvironmentEconomics

Federalism and Ethnic Conflict in Nigeria

Federalism and Ethnic Conflict in Nigeria

Wednesday, October 24, 2001

By: Rotimi Suberu / Larry Diamond;  Foreword

In this compelling new work, Suberu examines the profound political contradictions that make up Nigeria, a nation whose leaders have constantly tinkered with a colonial federal legacy that sought to balance the country’s three major ethnic groups. He explores the evolution of Nigerian federalism through its various constitutional experiments and administrative redesigns, including those in the periods of military rule.

Type: Book

Conflict Analysis & PreventionEnvironmentEconomics

Truth Commission: Nigeria

Monday, June 14, 1999

Truth Commission: Human Rights Violations Investigation Commission Duration: 1999 - 2002 Charter: Instrument No. 8 of 1999 Commissioners: 8 Report: Public report; released unofficially  

Type: Truth Commission

Elections and Conflict Management in Africa

Elections and Conflict Management in Africa

Saturday, August 1, 1998

By: Timothy D. Sisk;  Andrew Reynolds;  editors

Elections have emerged as one of the most important, and most contentious, features of political life on the African continent. In the first half of this decade, there were more than 20 national elections, serving largely as capstones of peace processes or transitions to democracies.

Type: Book

Can Nigeria Make a Peaceful Transition to Democratic Governance?

Can Nigeria Make a Peaceful Transition to Democratic Governance?

Monday, December 1, 1997

By: David R. Smock

On October 23, 1997, the United States Institute of Peace and the U.S. Department of State cosponsored a one-day roundtable discussion of diplomats, scholars, and nongovernmental organization specialists from the United States, Nigeria, and the United Kingdom on the current transition in Nigeria.  The purpose was to assess the current sociopolitical conditions of Nigeria, evaluate the transition, and offer policy options for the United States.  

Type: Special Report