Location: Nigeria

Overview Duration: 24 Months Focused states: Bauchi and Gombe states Partners: Young Leaders Network (YLN) Search, in collaboration with Young Leaders Network is implementing a 24-month project titled: Nigerian Youth Collaborative Action for Religious Engagement. The project seeks to empower and promote collaboration among diverse youths in Nigeria, particularly in…

Climate change, environmental degradation, and overexploitation intensify the scarcity of natural resources such as fertile land or water, minerals, and oil in the Global South. In already fragile contexts, this often leads to violent conflict. Over the past century, as much as 20 percent of all armed conflicts have been…

Search for Common Ground (Search), grâce à un financement de 12 mois de la Fondation Bill & Melinda Gates, a lancé le projet "COVID 19 : Renforcement des capacités des Centres d'Opérations d'Urgence Sanitaire dans le domaine de la RCCE au Sénégal et au Burkina Faso", afin d'aider ces deux…

Adamawa State, Northeastern Nigeria, has been faced with conflict related to the utilization of natural resources, particularly land and water resources. This has resulted in widespread conflicts in which property and lives have been lost especially in local government areas (LGAs) like Demsa, Numan, Girei, Lamurde and Mayo Belwa. The…

As part of Search for Common Ground’s (Search) organization - wide strategy, the Greater Lake Chad (GLC) region was identified as one of twelve transnational conflict geographies in which Search will focus its efforts over the coming ten years. This summary lays out Search’s comprehensive strategy for the GLC region,…

Sustaining Electoral Engagement for Democracy (SEED) Project, Nigeria. USAID Mar. 2021 - Nov 2025. Nigeria’s democracy has been hit by various electoral, governance, and security issues thus putting the country at risk of military overthrow. Although Nigerian citizens continue to prefer democracy to other forms of government, the majority of…

The Nigerian Government and the Shi’ite group have been engaged in violent confrontations since the arrest and detaining of the IMN leader Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife in 2015 despite a high court order in 2016 granting his release. Tensions increased with reports of the Shi’ite leader’s worsening health…

According to a report by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), between 2021 and April 2022, Adamawa State recorded 247 human rights violation cases. The abuses reported include child abuse, rape, domestic violence, and unnatural causes. The Commission said it has resolved 75% of the cases, while 25% are pending.…

"Capacity Needs Assessment of Senior Staff of Relevant Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to Effectively Implement ONSA Communication Strategy on PVE and DDRR on Supporting the Efforts of the Nigerian Government on Preventing Violent Extremism and Promoting Disengagement, Disassociation, Reintegration, and Reconciliation" Project, Nigeria. February 2022 - March 2023. The…