http://www.nigerdeltarising.org/ en http://www.nigerdeltarising.org/resources/reports/2010/01/25/beyond-amnesty-2009-citizens-report-state-and-local-government-budgets- <p>This report presents analyses and monitoring reports of the 2009 state and local government budgets of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers States by members, volunteers and associates of the Niger Delta Citizens and Budget Platform (NDCBP).</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-url"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> /sites/default/files/Citizens Report 2009.3.pdf </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-datestamp field-field-pub-date"> <div class="field-label">Publication Date:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Monday, January 25, 2010</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-feature-pic"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_feature_pic" width="204" height="268" alt="" src="http://www.nigerdeltarising.org/sites/default/files/images/feature/report_2009_0.jpg?1264459733" /> </div> </div> </div> Social Action Amnesty budget government niger delta Niger Delta Citizens and Budget Platform Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:43:21 +0000 Daphne 291 at http://www.nigerdeltarising.org http://www.nigerdeltarising.org/article/2009/12/23/niger-delta-crisis-prevention-or-post-conflict-reconstruction <div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Sabella Ogbobode Abidde </div> </div> </div> <p>Events in the last three decades seem to indicate that the international community prefers post-conflict mediation and reconstruction, rather than crisis prevention. This appears to be the case especially by western governments. On the surface at least, instead of investing in crisis prevention, governments and institutions hedge their bets, measure domestic pulses, and engage in endless debates and diplomatic niceties insofar as a looming disaster is concerned.</p> <div class="field field-type-datestamp field-field-pub-date"> <div class="field-label">Publication Date:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Wednesday, December 23, 2009</span> </div> </div> </div> http://www.nigerdeltarising.org/article/2009/12/23/niger-delta-crisis-prevention-or-post-conflict-reconstruction#comments Amnesty Crisis Prevention MEND niger delta nigeria Post-conflict Reconstruction Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:34:46 +0000 Sabella 290 at http://www.nigerdeltarising.org http://www.nigerdeltarising.org/article/2009/12/09/niger-delta-complexities-post-amnesty-environment-part-1 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Sabella Ogbobode Abidde </div> </div> </div> <p>According to the United Nations, “the collapse of state authority, erosion of basic services, marginalization and exclusion of youth and women and endemic poverty over several decades were significant contributing factors to Sierra Leone's decade of war” which lasted from1991 until 2002.</p> <div class="field field-type-datestamp field-field-pub-date"> <div class="field-label">Publication Date:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Wednesday, December 9, 2009</span> </div> </div> </div> http://www.nigerdeltarising.org/article/2009/12/09/niger-delta-complexities-post-amnesty-environment-part-1#comments Amnesty MEND niger delta peacebuilding post-conflict Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:18:04 +0000 Sabella 289 at http://www.nigerdeltarising.org http://www.nigerdeltarising.org/article/2009/10/08/nigerian-militants-vow-resume-attacks-next-week <div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Associated Press </div> </div> </div> <p>Nigerian Militants Vow to Resume Attacks Next Week</p> <p>Filed at 7:22 a.m. ET</p> <p>ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigeria's main militant group vowed to resume attacks after a cease-fire expires next week, while the government said Thursday that more than 8,000 militants had disarmed as part of an amnesty program.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-label">Source:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Associated Press </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-datestamp field-field-pub-date"> <div class="field-label">Publication Date:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Thursday, October 8, 2009</span> </div> </div> </div> http://www.nigerdeltarising.org/article/2009/10/08/nigerian-militants-vow-resume-attacks-next-week#comments Amnesty MEND niger delta Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:16:27 +0000 Daniel 288 at http://www.nigerdeltarising.org