Illegal oil bunkering and artisanal crude oil refining are organized environmental crimes that are driving conflict and insecurity in the Niger Delta. According to the report1 of an environmental impact assessment of oil exploration in Ogoniland, Rivers State, conducted by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) in 2011, illegal oil bunkering and artisanal refining are…
Sustainable peace and security remains a major challenge in the Niger Delta region. Data shows that there were no significant changes in the levels of conflict risk and lethal violence in the Niger Delta during the first quarter of 2022, compared to the fourth quarter of 2021 (See page 2). According to data uploaded to…
This edition of the weekly update spotlights political violence in the Niger Delta with a focus on politically motivated killings in Akwa Ibom State. According to data (see map below), over 50 incidents of election-related violence, including more than 25 related fatalities, were reported in Akwa Ibom State between January 2015 and March 2022. In…
This edition of the weekly update spotlights vigilante and mob violence in the Niger Delta with a focus on vigilante related violence and killings in River State. According to data (see map below), vigilante related violence caused over 80 fatalities in Rivers State between January 2018 and March 2022. Recent data shows an upsurge in…
PIND Foundation is partnering with the Center for Gender and Development Studies (CGDS), University of Port Harcourt, River States to advocate a stop to the targeted killing of women and girls for ritualistic purposes in the Niger Delta. On March 21, 2022, both organizations brought together 31 stakeholders from various organizations to analyze, brainstorm and…
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND)has trained 374 Niger Delta youthsin Warri and Asaba, Delta State on peacebuilding with a focus on volunteerism, conflict management and PIND’s SMS-based early warning reporting system. The training, whichtook place in Warri from February 21 to 22, and in Asaba from February 24 to 25,…
(Abuja, Nigeria)/(Washington, D.C.) The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) and Fund for Peace (FFP) received four of the Webby’s Inaugural Anthem Awards for their “For the Good of All: Three Partners for Peace Stories” peacebuilding documentary in “Humanitarian Action & Services”: Gold Winner for the “Best Strategy, Awareness Category (Not-For-Profit),” Gold…
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…
Nineteen-year-old Favour Egedegbe was encouraged to join the Partner For Peace Network by his father. According to him, “It has been impactful.”
Hon. Mienye Seikepagha narrates how he participated in interventions such as stakeholder engagements, anti-cultism campaigns and peace talks geared at preventing cult and gang violence in Bayelsa State.