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Nigeria's Post-1999 Political Settlement and Violence Mitigation in the Niger Delta

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posted on 2024-09-05, 22:33 authored by Markus Schultze-Kraft
Almost fifteen years after transitioning to civilian-electoral rule, Nigeria is still wrestling with the legacy of a protracted period of military government and the ‘resource curse’ associated with its huge oil wealth. The ‘Niger Delta question’, as it is often referred to in Nigeria, is not close to resolution. The region has temporarily been pacified and oil production has gone up again, though it still falls short of Nigeria’s full production potential. But the reintegration of former mid-ranking militant commanders and fighters is faltering and social unrest persists due to high youth unemployment and poverty. Large scale organised criminal activity continues, and violence could quickly re-erupt and send the Delta back to where it was before 2009 if no remedying action is taken by the Nigerian authorities and their international partners.

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Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

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Schultze-Kraft, M. (2013) 'Nigeria's Post-1999 Political Settlement and Violence Mitigation in the Niger Delta', IDS Evidence Report 5, Brighton: IDS

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Evidence Report 5

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IDS Evidence Report

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Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

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en

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Globalisation

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OT/11009/2/1/1/32

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