by Karuna Center | Nov 11, 2021 | Nigeria
Protecting Our Communities: Local Peacebuilding Systems in Nigeria “We reached an amicable resolution between the farmers and herders: that the farmers will cultivate from a particular place to another, while the herders were told where not to go with their...
by Karuna Center | Sep 21, 2021 | Featured, Nigeria
How communities in Nigeria are building peace Through the Protecting Our Communities Initiative, we see how local communities are developing creative, practical approaches to global problems that affect us all. The communities participating in this initiative are...
by Karuna Center | Dec 28, 2020 | Dialogue, Nigeria
A Brief Report From A Farmer-Herder Dialogue We just got an uplifting report from our colleague Imam Sani Isah, who is a core team member of our Protecting Our Communities initiative in Nigeria! After months of preparation, including training for new facilitators, the...
by Karuna Center | Dec 10, 2020 | Featured, Nigeria
How communities in Nigeria are preventing the spread of violent conflict Local methods for preventing and de-escalating violent conflict are needed more urgently than ever before. The work of people in the Protecting Our Communities initiative in Nigeria shows why...
by Karuna Center | Dec 17, 2019 | Nigeria
Community-Based Solutions for Climate-Related Stresses In Nigeria, farmer-herder conflict is at times deadlier than the Boko Haram insurgency. And although farmers and herders identify with different ethnicities and religions, a core driver of the conflict is a...