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Drug abuse as a conflict accelerant in Northcentral Nigeria

May 20, 2022

Community leaders believe youth drug abuse is a disturbing factor accelerating violent conflicts in Northern Nigeria. What approaches are there to resolve this, in the bid to build cohesive communities?

Students planting trees to commemorate the international youth day event in kwayakusar, borno state.

August 15, 2021

Promoting youth engagement in climate action

Over 7,000 environmental preservation trees planted in Adamawa, Borno, Gombe and Yobe states, Nigeria, to mark International Youth Day 2021.

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August 13, 2021

An interest-based approach to farmer-herder conflict resolution

Dangara, a Christian farmer and Yusuf, a herder have become close friends. They live in a community that has overcome the crisis from farmer-herder conflict through lessons from interest-based negotiation.

A person standing near rubble.

August 10, 2021

How community peace observers are tackling drug abuse and criminality in Kano state

These ruins used to house a drug den that was a menace for a small community in Kano state. However, with the help of community peace observers, sanity has been restored to the community.

Ceremonial gathering of emirate chiefs to usher in the shehu of bama.

Mercy Corps, with support from the EU, empower Bama with houses, transformers, boreholes, and skills center

Bama was hard hit by the conflict in Northeast Nigeria, with many of its structures razed to the ground. Thanks to EU funding, the community is recovering, having received essential shelter and community structures.

Herders discussing a natural resources map.

How participatory natural resource mapping can help communities avoid conflicts

Lessons on how communities can engage in joint resource mapping to avoid conflicts arising from competition over natural resources—a major issue fueling the farmer-herder crisis in Northeast Nigeria.

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Youth livelihood intervention provides a ray of hope for Hajartu’s family

Hajartu is a youth livelihood participant of Mercy Corps BRICC program, who is supporting her internally displaced parents with income from her sewing and cap-making businesses.