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Searching with a thematic focus on Conflict and security, Drivers of conflict in Nigeria

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    Enhancing the governance of Africa’s oil sector

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009
    Empirical studies have shown that oil-dependent countries are more likely to suffer from civil wars motivated by ‘grievances’ or ‘greed’ — and this is particularly true for states in sub-Saharan Africa.
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    Who rules Nigeria?

    Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2012
    Nigeria has experienced military coups, a civil war and very poor economic development, and its population is more impoverished today than at independence. Behind this lies the “oil curse”. The ruling elite has captured the rents generated from oil for personal enrichment and power purposes. Nigeria’s elite formation has three distinct characteristics.
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    Causes and cures of oil-related Niger Delta conflicts

    Nordic Africa Institute / Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala, 2009
    This paper details the root causes and possible solutions to the insecurity raging in Nigeria's Niger Delta. The Delta is the world’s third largest wetland and contains nearly all of the country's oil and gas reserves. It is, therefore, vital to Nigeria’s fiscal viability and global energy security.
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    Small arms, armed violence, and insecurity in Nigeria: the Niger Delta in perspective

    Small Arms Survey, 2007
    This study aims to raise awareness of a number of issues relating to insecurity, armed violence, and the proliferation of illicit small arms in Nigeria since the return to democracy in 1999. It particularly focuses on the mounting challenges that now face the Nigerian government.
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    Political violence and state formation in post-colonial Africa

    International Development Centre, Open University, 2007
    This paper argues for the importance of understanding the political legacy of colonialism. Its author contends that colonialism in Africa left a legacy of dual citizenship - the civil and the customary - which reflected not different histories or different cultures, but a different political relationship between the colonial power and the populations defined as races and tribes.
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    Who joins ethnic militias? A Survey of the Oodua People’s Congress in southwestern Nigeria

    Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, CRISE, Oxford University, 2007
    This paper presents an empirical account describing how rank and file members of an ethnic militia are mobilised. It specifically discusses the existing conceptual frameworks surrounding this issue and describes the profiles of militia members together with the motives sustaining their enlistment.
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    The making of an ethnic militia: the Oodua People’s Congress in Nigeria

    Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, CRISE, Oxford University, 2006
    This paper explores the evolution of a Nigerian Yoruba ethnic militia, the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) and provides an analysis of the rebellion-making decisions in which the state plays an active role.The study finds that the history and evolution of the OPC display many features not found in the typical economic presentation of the rebellion-making process: despite Nigeria’s oil wea
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    ETFRN News 43/44: forests and conflicts

    European Tropical Forest Research Network, 2006
    This newsletter highlights the theme of forests and conflict. While there is much international debate on security and governance issues, sustainable management of natural resources appears to receive inadequate attention.
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    Nigeria ten years on: injustice and violence haunt the oil Delta

    Amnesty International, 2005
    This report by Amnesty International calls for a need to establish universally recognised standards applicable to international companies.
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    The rise of ethnic militias, de-legitimisation of the state, and the threat to Nigerian federalism

    West African Review, 2001
    The idea of federalism is still an evolving one, but how is it evolving in Nigeria? Nigeria is an archetypal plural society characterised by divergent languages, cultures, ethnic groups and geographic regions. The author argues that federalism represents a compromise solution for multi-national states like Nigeria.

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