Location: Nigeria

West Africa - January 2021 - Key Highlights

This snapshot report was prepared by the Search for Common Ground Nigeria team in December 2020 as part of Search’s global Working Together Against Corona programme, funded by the European Union. The snapshot identifies key trends at the intersection of COVID-19, social cohesion, community trust, and inter-group conflict and presents…

From 2015 to 2019, Search for Common Ground (Search) implemented a project entitled “Early Warning / Early Response Mechanisms in Northern Nigeria,” funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL). The overall goal of the project was to expand and strengthen early warning…

On Monday, December 7 our dear colleague Ms. Fatima Idris Bultu was the victim of a hit-and-run car accident in Maiduguri, Nigeria.

West Africa – November 2020 – Key Highlights (+ Version Française)

West Africa - October 2020 - Key Highlights (+ Version Française)

West Africa - September 2020 - Key Highlights (+ Version Française)

The history of conflict and tension between communities in Jos, Nigeria, has created a complex situation that demands a collaborative solution. In 2017, Search for Common Ground initiated a Collective Impact approach under the Collaborative for Violence Prevention project, which has since become the Jos Stakeholder Centre for Peace (JSCP).…

West Africa - June 2020 - Key Highlights (+ Version Française)

The Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS) project is to support increased accountability and transparency in political parties in Nigeria. The Radio Programming is part of a bigger IRI project, implemented in Sokoto, Adamawa, Ebonyi, and Bauchi states, over 11 months between January 2019 – March 2020. Project…