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20 YEARS OF ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS IN NIGERIA: A CRITICAL LOOK

by adminPublications January 11, 2022January 11, 2022No Comments

Corruption in Nigeria is ubiquitous and takes in many forms: from massive contract fraud to petty bribery; from straight-up embezzlement to complicated money laundering schemes. Just six years after independence, the country experienced it’s first military coup that ousted the elected officials of the first republic. One notable justification for the 1966 coup d’etat by …

Women’s representation in Nigeria’s Leading Political Parties

by adminPublications January 11, 2022No Comments

The importance of women’s participation in public decision-making cannot be over- stressed. Apart from the fact that it is their right, their inclusion in leadership positions, whether in government, corporate bodies or the social sector, brings diversity of perspectives to the solution of societal problems.

CÔTE D’IVOIRE’S FAKE NEWS ECOSYSTEM: AN OVERVIEW

by adminPublications January 11, 2022January 11, 2022No Comments

Fake News is increasingly becoming a dangerous weapon. Like other lethagic weapons used in causing serious afflictions, the weaponisation of falsehood –Misinformation and Disinformation, has proven a more dangerous means of creating unrest, conflict, and an outright war. Putting this in context, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), as part of its regional campaign …

Nigeria: Women and Electoral Politics in 2023 — Charting the Way Forward

by adminPublicaitons, Publication, Publications January 9, 2022January 9, 2022No Comments

As Nigeria enters a new general election season — with political parties already conducting local congresses ahead of primaries next year— what prospects lie ahead for Nigerian women interested in seeking political leadership positions? Women have remained a vastly underrepresented minority in the halls of political power throughout Nigerian history. Since the resumption of electoral …

AN ASSESSMENT OF NIGERIA’S ECONOMY 1999-2020

by adminPosts, Publicaitons, Publication, Publications January 9, 2022January 9, 2022No Comments

This study assesses the Nigerian Economy over the past two decades using the key economic plans of the various administrations. It focuses largely on comparing the projected and actual performance of the real, monetary, fiscal, and external sectors within the plans of each administration and their respective performance targets. Our assessment of the Nigerian economy …

Nouveau numéro de West African Insight : Les médias en Afrique de l’Ouest

by adminPublications November 25, 2021No Comments

Ce numéro spécial s’intitule Media Matters In West Africa et explore les défis auxquels sont confrontés les médias dans la sous-région ouest-africaine, en proposant des recommandations sur la façon dont certains de ces défis peuvent être surmontés. Mercy Abang ouvre ce numéro avec un article qui passe en revue les défis auxquels les publications …

Women’s Political Representation: A review of frameworks and quotas in West Africa

by adminPublications October 31, 2021October 31, 2021No Comments

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) pursues the promotion of good governance, peace and security and free, fair and credible elections in member states through a combination of direct involvement and diplomacy. The Commission, with a mandate derived from the ECOWAS Treaty, has developed legal frameworks such as the Protocol Relating to the …

UNE INFLUENCE CROISSANTE: La Chine en Afrique de L'ouest

by adminPublicaitons, Publication, Publications June 7, 2021Comments are Disabled

Cette édition de West Africa Insight Cs’intéresse à la manière dont la Chine étend son influence en Afrique de l’Ouest. Tobi Oshodi et James Barnett commencent par donner une vue d’ensemble et une analyse du rôle que les Instituts Confucius, qui sont maintenant au nombre de 15 en Afrique de l’Ouest, jouent pour soutenir l’agenda …

Increasing Influence: China in West Africa

by adminPublicaitons, Publication, Publications May 14, 2021Comments are Disabled

This edition of West Africa Insight reflects on the ways China is extending its influence across West Africa. Tobi Oshodi and James Barnett start by providing an overview and analysis of the role Confucius Institutes, of which there are now 15 in West Africa, are playing in support of China’s soft power agenda in the …

How Youth Can Reshape Political Participation in Nigeria

by adminBlog, Publication, Publications April 21, 2021Comments are Disabled

By Chris Olaoluwa Ògúnmọ́dẹdé Can Nigeria’s #EndSARS protests evolve into a force that can restructure electoral politics? Or will the protests, which culminated with the state opening fire on its own citizens in Lagos, simply become a dramatic, but ineffective interlude, to the status quo? If recent electoral contests held in Lagos, Imo, Bayelsa, Plateau …

Deradicalizing Rehabilitating and Reintegrating: Building Peace in Nigeria's North East

by adminPublicaitons, Publication, Publications April 13, 2021Comments are Disabled

Since 2009, Boko-Haram’s violent activities have ravaged Nigeria’s north-east – primarily Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states – leading to the death of over 30,000 civilians and the forceful recruitment of youths, women, young girls, and school children among other human rights violations. These events have destroyed affected communities’ social fabrics, traditional institutions and impacted on …

Farmer-Herder Conflict in Northern Nigeria: Trends, Dynamics and Gender Perspectives

by adminPublication, Publications April 13, 2021Comments are Disabled

The farmer-herder conflict has become persistent and pervasive with debilitating consequences on human lives and their sources of livelihoods. Although scholars, policymakers and development workers have given attention to the conflict, the trends and dynamics of the conflict, as well as the direct and indirect actors in the conflicts, are constantly changing. The constantly changing …

SULH-ALHERI NE Replacing Evil with Something Better: Promoting Alternative Peacebuilding Narratives

by adminPublicaitons, Publication, Publications March 28, 2021Comments are Disabled

Attacks launched by Boko Haram and other extremist and self-defence groups in northern Nigeria has claimed over 30,000 lives in the last decade. The rise of the Boko Haram insurgency has also led to the destruction of communities, resulting in gross human rights violations, mass atrocities, disappearance and forced displacement. Restoring peace and rebuilding the …

How tenure elongation and a lack of term limits weaken the integrity of elections in Africa

by adminBlog, Publication, Publications March 23, 2021Comments are Disabled

By Ayisha Osori Until the late 1980s, Liberia’s constitution was the only one in Africa to provide clarity for presidential term limits. Without these limits, political succession was a major source of instability on the continent, with many countries dominated by a single leader who insisted on his – and it was always him – …

Crafting Credible Election Commissions in West Africa

by adminBlog, Publication, Publications March 10, 2021Comments are Disabled

By Professor L. Adele Jinadu The crass and partisan manipulation of African electoral management bodies (EMBs) was a central feature of the legacy of abuse that successor regimes to colonial rule in Africa inherited and perpetuated. Embedded in partisan politics through “outright control” by successor regimes, EMBs became “ineffectual mechanisms for democratically managing diversity”. To …

Judgements and Jurisprudence: Presiding over presidential petitions in Africa

by adminPublication, Publications, Uncategorized March 3, 2021Comments are Disabled

By Dr O’Brien Kaaba In 2017 the Kenyan Supreme Court became the first court on the African continent to annul a presidential election following full due process. In February 2020 the Malawian High Court, sitting as a constitutional court, followed suit in cancelling the results of the May 2019 presidential election. Not only did the …

Electoral Corruption In Nigeria: A Case Study Of The 2019 General Elections

by adminPublication, Publications March 3, 2021Comments are Disabled

A major pillar of post-1990 democratic transitions in Africa is the periodic organization and conduct of constitutionally entrenched competitive partyelections, by an independent electoral management body (EMB), to electivepublic political offices in the executive and legislative branches of government in the African state. The conduct of the elections is required to conform substantially with guiding …

Personal Data and the Influence Industry in Nigerian Elections

by adminPublication, Publications March 1, 2021Comments are Disabled

In Nigeria’s 2015 election, Cambridge Analytica (CA) spread targeted disinformation to suppress opposition votes and allegedly released sensitive medical and financial information about then opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari. In 2018, the Nigerian government formed a committee to investigate, amongst others, CA’s 2015 activities and promised criminal prosecutions if necessary. However, two years on, there has …

Liberia's Truth And Reconciliation Commission: Reviving Its Recommendations?

by adminPublication, Publications February 11, 2021Comments are Disabled

After 14 years of civil war that flouted six peace agreements, Liberians representing the warring parties along with civil society groups,and political parties signed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) inAccra, Ghana, on 18 August 2003. The CPA called for the establishment of a truth and reconciliation commission and an inclusive two-year interim national government. The …

Sustaining Peace: Reflections On Transitional Justice Approaches In West Africa

by adminPublication, Publications February 11, 2021Comments are Disabled

For several decades, West Africa has faced different and varying degrees ofviolent conflict, authoritarian and repressive undemocratic governments.The region has witnessed civil wars, political conflicts, insurgencies, inter-communal conflicts and the “not so new” trend of violent extremism. Liberia experienced more than 14 years of civil unrest and conflict. The country had two distinct civil wars …