PIND Trains Abiteye and Utonana Youths in Delta State on Peacebuilding and Conflict Management
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) held a capacity-building training for key youth stakeholders of Abiteye and Utonana both in Warri, Delta State from January 31 to February 1, 2022. The training was in line with the implementation of an intervention aimed at curbing an impending inter-communal crisis threatening the peaceful [...] Niger Delta Weekly Update for February 06-12, 2022
This special edition of the weekly update spotlights targeted killings of women and girls for ritual purposes in the Niger Delta. According to data (see map below), over 150 incidents of ritual-related killings were reported in the Niger Delta between January 2018 and December 2021. Recent incidents also indicate an upsurge in targeted killings of [...] Niger Delta Weekly Update for January 30 – February 05, 2022
This edition of the weekly update spotlights organized criminality in the Niger Delta with a focus on sea robbery and kidnapping in Bayelsa State. Kidnapping and sea robbery are prevalent conflict risks and security issues in the State. According to data (see map below), over 200 incidents of sea robbery and kidnapping were reported in [...] Niger Delta Weekly Update for January 23-29, 2022
This special edition of the weekly update highlights emerging threats to public health and human security in the Niger Delta with a focus on the resurgence of Lassa fever in Ondo and Edo State. Lassa Fever, also known as Lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF) is a zoonotic and acute viral disease caused by the Lassa virus. [...] Call for Applications: Internship to support PIND’s Integrated Peace and Development Unit (IPDU)
CLOSED: [dt_teaser style="2" background="plain" animation="fadeInDownBig"]PIND seeks to engage an Intern to support the IPDU. The Intern will assist in improving the quality of IPDU deliverables. The intern would assist the Research Coordinator to provide technical support to organizations on how to use the Peace Map and Early Warning/Early Response infrastructure, and to continuously re-engineer the [...] Niger Delta Weekly Update for January 16-22, 2022
This edition of the weekly update highlights communal conflicts in the Niger Delta with a focus on rising communal tensions over land disputes in Delta State. According to data (see map below), communal conflicts caused more than 350 fatalities in Delta State between January 2018 and November 2021. Recent incidents indicate a resurgence of communal [...] Niger Delta Weekly Update for January 09-15, 2022
This edition of the weekly update spotlights the herder-farmer conflict in the Niger Delta with a focus on renewed clashes between herders and farmers in Ondo State. According to data (see map below), the farmer-herder conflict caused more than 30 fatalities in Ondo State between January 2018 and November 2021.
Niger Delta Weekly Update for December 12-18, 2021
This edition of the weekly update spotlights organized criminality in the Niger Delta with a focus on targeted violence against traditional rulers in Imo State. According to data (see map below), targeted violence caused over 300 deaths in Imo State between January 2018 and September 2021. Recent data shows an escalation of violence against traditional [...] Niger Delta Weekly Update for December 05-11, 2021
This special edition of the weekly update spotlights human-induced environmental disasters in the Niger Delta with a focus on artisanal oil refining related fire outbreaks in Rivers State. According to data (see map below), artisanal oil refining related violence and fire outbreaks caused over 120 fatalities in the Niger Delta between January 2018 and October 2021.
PIND, DMG-Event Roll out Entrepreneurship Training Program for 50 Renewable Energy SMEs in the Niger Delta.
(Warri, Delta State) On December 6, 2021, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) and DMG-Events, headquarted in Dubai, UAE commenced a concurrent one-week entrepreneurship training program in Warri, Delta State and Yenegoa, Bayelsa State for 50 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Renewable Energy sector, with similar training scheduled to [...] 