| Reconciliation Processes in Africa:Nigeria |
| This collection of Internet resources includes selected country-specific case study experiences that are helping and/or hindering reconciliation processes in Africa at international, regional, national, and communal levels. Although selective, inclusion of a site by no means constitutes
endorsement by the African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress. Every source listed here was successfully tested before being added to the list. Users, however, should be aware that a successful connection may sometimes require several attempts.
For additional research and bibliographic materials on reconciliation processes in African countries consult the Library's online catalog.
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| ACADEMIC ASSOCIATES PEACE WORKS (AAPW) (http://www.aapw.org) |
| One of the objectives of AAPW is “to develop the framework for the peace process through action-oriented research and intervention in current or potential conflicts. To date AAPW has conducted over 170 skills-building workshops in various parts of Nigeria and northern Ghana. It has also trained 420 peace education teachers in 20 cities/towns throughout Nigeria and another 70 teachers in northern Ghana, in conjunction with ActionAid Ghana. AAPW has trained religious leaders; academic and nonteaching staff and students of 8 Nigerian universities; as well as local government officials, youth leaders and elders in 15 local governments across the Niger Delta”.
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| ALL AFRICA NEWS (http://allafrica.com/) |
| Site provides regularly updated news reports on West African countries, from Africa's leading newspapers, magazines and news agencies. |
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| ALLIANCE FOR AFRICA (AFA) (http://www.aliancesforafrica.org) |
| “An African nongovernmental peace, human rights and development organization, AFA recently intiated a capacity building program for women’s organizations in Imo State, Nigeria”. |
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| CENTER FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (http://www.freedomhouse.org/religion/publications/talibanization/preface.htm) |
| “Founded in 1941 the Center for Religious Freedom defends against religious persecution of all groups throughout the world. It insists that U.S. foreign policy defend Christians and Jews, Muslim dissidents and minorities, and other religious minorities in countries such as Indonesia, Pakistan, Iran and Sudan and Nigeria”.
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| CONCILIATION RESOURCES (http://www.c-r.org) |
| Active in West Africa since 1995, Conciliation Resource’s projects in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Nigeria involve dispute resolution through indigenous peace monitors, and opportunities for reconciliation of former fighters and marginalized youth.
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| HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS INVESTIGATION COMMISSION (HRVIC) (http://www.oputapanelreport.org/OputaSummaryRecommendations.pdf) |
| Also, known as the OPUTA PANEL, the final report of the Commission completed in May 2002 was released “unofficially” by the Washington based, Nigerian Democratic Movement (NDM) and the Civil Society Forum in Nigeria.
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| INTEGRATED REGIONAL INFORMATION NETWORK (IRIN) (http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN) |
| IRIN, which is a part of the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), features a range of regularly updated news stories and reports on West African
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| INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE (http://www.ictj.org/aboutus.asp) |
| “The ICTJ is dedicated to strengthening and empowering organizations, institutions, and activists involved in transitional justice”. Current ICTF activity in the West Africa subregion exists in Sierra Leone, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria.
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| INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT RESEARCH (INCORE) (http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk) |
| Established in 1993, INCORE is a joint project of the United Nations University and the University of Ulster. Combining research, education and comparative analysis, INCORE addresses the causes and consequences of conflict and promotes conflict resolution management strategies. Publications include Occasional Papers, Conference Reports, and Research Reports. INCORE's CDS has been revised, updated and expanded significantly over the past few months. New resource guides covering a variety of issues, regions and themes have been added to the existing database.
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| NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION (NHRC). NIGERIA (http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/africa/nigeria/nigeria.html) |
| “On June 4, 1999, President Olusegun Obasanjo appointed a commission to investigate human rights abuses committed from January 1, 1994 until taking office on May 29, 1999. In formally inaugurating the commission on June 14, he extended the inquiry further into the past, to December 31, 1983, when President Shehu Shagari was deposed in a military coup”. Site includes a summary overview of the mandate and activities of the Commission. |
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| NIGERIA MEDIA MONITOR (http://www.kilima.com/mediamonitor) |
| “Produced by the International Journalism Centre in Lagos, Nigeria, this site provides a weekly news update of events in Nigeria, and information on the freedom of the press”.
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| NIGERIA.COM (http://www.nigeria.com) |
| Site provides news and also offers an e-mail news group. |
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| ONEWORLD NEWS (http://www.oneworld.net) |
| “This UK-based news service, in partnership with numerous NGO's, working together for human rights and sustainable development, has a large number of recent reports on Nigeria”.
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| PAN AFRICAN RECONCILIATION COUNCIL (PARC) (http://www.peace.ca/africa.htm) |
| “PARC is a grassroots organization working for sociopolitical as well as moral emancipation of Africa on the basis of nonviolence”. In conjunction with the London-based organization, International Alert, PARC is current working on the Good Governance Project in Nigeria. |
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| WOMEN IN PEACEBUILDING NETWORK (WIPnet) (http://www.wanep.org/programs/wipnet.htm) |
| A program of the West African Network for Peacebuilding (WAPNET), WIPneT aims to build the capacity of West African women to participate in peacebuilding processes at all levels in the sub-region. Site includes annual program reports of WIPneT.
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