PIND Trains 90 Youths in its 2024 Cohort of the Niger Delta Peace Champions Program
Conflicts continue to remain the key limitations to peace and growth in the Niger Delta. This calls for more coordinated, operational-level support through grassroots-based peacebuilding and conflict early warning systems that can respond quickly in a targeted manner to rapidly changing conflict dynamics and longer-term peacebuilding needs. Given this, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in […]
Spotlight on PIND’s Innovative Approach to Conflict Resolution in the Niger Delta
The Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), in its efforts to enhance access to renewable energy services in the Niger Delta, collaborated with the U.S. Government-led Power Africa Health Electrification and Telecommunications Alliance (HETA) to electrify at least 10,000 healthcare centers in Africa through decentralized renewable energy resources. Through this intervention, PIND, in [...] Mapping Peace Monitors and Outcomes of EWER Training in KEFFES and Dodo River RDCs of Bayelsa State
An assessment at the end of the training showed that about 80% of the Peace Monitors sent in properly drafted incident reports which effectively captured the incident narrative, location of the incident, parties involved, gender and the time of occurrence.
Towards Non Violent Elections in 2019 Report
As in the three previous national elections, Academic Associates PeaceWorks undertook a Nonviolent Elections Project, with the primary aim of reducing incidences of election violence in three core states of the Niger Delta (Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers). The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) funded the 2019 nonviolent elections project which was […]
PIND Impact Assessment Promoting Peace in the Niger Delta 2012-2018
This report is a multi-year impact assessment that measures the second and third-order effects of PIND’s peacebuilding program. PIND’s peacebuilding strategy is to catalyze and leverage local capacity for early warning, conflict management, and peacebuilding across the Niger Delta to create an enabling environment for sustainable, broad-based economic development. From the initial scoping exercise in [...] Oil Extraction in Ogoniland – Preventing a Resurgence of Violence – April 2019
Oil extraction and production has been a key driver of conflict in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The region has occasionally erupted in violent protests against oil companies over issues relating to community development, compensation for damage caused by oil spills and other oil-related environmental hazards. These agitations and protests sometimes spark violence and [...] Time is of the Essence: Preventing Election Violence in Rivers State
This briefing examines the senatorial zoning system in Rivers and outlines the challenges and drivers of insecurity specific to each senatorial district going into the 2019 elections. Download report below: name=”Preventing Election Violence in Rivers State” datetime=”September 5, 2018 – 9:45 pm” other=”v.1.7 (PIND)” ]https://pindfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Conflict-Briefing-Preventing-Election-Violence-in-Rivers-State-FINAL.pdf” download style=”display:inline-block;padding:10px 15px;background:#81d742;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;”>Download
Domestic Violence in Rivers State: A Threat to Social and Family Stability
This report aims to highlight the different forms and drivers of domestic violence in the Niger Delta, with a particular focus on Rivers state. Through greater awareness and engagement on the issue across sectors, community leaders, policy makers and practitioners work together to address the underlying drivers of domestic violence, as well as strengthen prevention [...] Organized Crime in the Niger Delta: Implications for the 2019 Elections
This conflict brief provides a snapshot of the trends and patterns of organized criminality and political violence in the Niger Delta and examines the security and risk implications of organized crime on the upcoming 2019 Nigerian general elections in the region. DOWNLOAD Organized Crime in the Niger Delta: Implications for the 2019 Elections (6749 downloads [...] Biafra Agitation and Ethno-Political Polarization in Nigeria
Since 2015, the Pro-Biafra movement has been making steady progress in raising awareness, and drawing sympathizers and supporters to its cause in the South East
