Publication Publication EU Security for all : Promoting democratic governance and inclusive security through CSO involvement in Mali, Nigeria, Cameroon and the wider ECOWAS region This training handbook for media professionals was developed within the framework of the regional 3-year Security for All project, co-financed by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and the European Union. The project, whose target countries...
Publication Publication EU PSCC Policy Paper - Institutional Impunity in West Africa and the Sahel - Causes, Characteristics & Limitations When we consider the problem of institutional impunity, what immediately leaps to mind after long-term observation of countries in armed conflict in the field is the paradox between the massive military and security resources invested,...
Publication Publication EU Ethnicity, Ethnic Crisis And National Security In Nigeria Implications And Management Strategies Like in many developing countries that are highly fractionalized, ethnic crisis ranks amongst many security challenges bedevilling Nigeria, making Nigeria loosely a country at war with itself. This situation magnifies Nigeria’s political...
Publication Publication EU Evolution of Regional Security Outfits in Nigeria: Policy Brief Ethnic or Community Policing? Government has unwittingly allowed the responsibility for security to transfer vicariously to the citizens and state while rebuffing devolution of statutory security responsibilities by not acceding to the formation of state police....
Publication Publication EU Attacks on Security Institutions in South-East Nigeria Nigeria is witnessing the escalation of violence and conflicts across the board. While the incidents have led to thousands of losses to lives and then the destruction of livelihood, it has seemingly overwhelmed Nigeria's security...
Publication Publication EU Civil-Military Relationship During COVID-19 Turning Crisis into Opportunities Nigeria, as a democratising state, is caught in the web of balancing civil control over its military, which has over the years dominated its political space. With the growing insecurity and conflicts in the country such as insurgency,...
Publication Publication EU Gender-Based Violence in West Africa: The Cases of Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Gender-based violence (GBV) is a significant obstacle to women’s enjoyment of their rights and a violation of their fundamental freedoms. In several countries, particularly in West Africa, such violence is rooted in a social system...
Publication Publication EU Kidnapping in Nigeria - Overview, Effect, Causes and Possible Solutions Kidnapping for ransom ranks very high among the numerous peace and security challenges confronting Nigeria. Kidnapping happens for political reasons (grievance); for ransom (greed); hybrid kidnapping (for generating money to support...
Publication Publication EU Governing and Securing Rural Spaces in Nigeria Nigeria is experiencing a situational crisis in the governing and securing of its conflict-affected rural areas. Ungoverned space is a direct reflection of the inability of the state to effectively perform its minimal statutory...
Publication EU Baseline Study of the State of Play of SSG-R and the inclusion of CSOs in SSR processes in Nigeria This study on Nigeria is part of the regional baseline study that was conducted by the African Security Sector Network (ASSN) team for the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Peace and Security Competence Centre (FES PSCC) as part of the project...
