Localized Peace in a Weaponized Environment: Interrogating Non-state Actors' Peacebuilding Interventions against Armed Banditry in Nigeria's Northwest
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2022
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Arewa Research and Scholar Vanguard Center
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The protracted armed banditry and its associated threats to peace and security is gradually turning Nigeria's Northwest into another major regional theatre of violence. There are palpable tensions and heightened fear of possible replica in the magnitude of Boko Haram insurgency attacks in the Northwest if decisive and urgent steps are not taken. Although State-level peace efforts have had some initial success in the areas of weapon discovery and release of kidnapped victims, these have however not mitigated the threats that the recurring armed banditry poses to peace and security desired by the region. As a qualitative research, in-depth interviews were conducted with relevant non-state actors on recent applications of the indigenous peacebuilding and conflict transformation approaches regarding their successes and what might be required to record more success in the current dispensation. Data generated from the survey were complemented by extant reviewed literature on various approaches to peace in different communities in the Northwest. As the epicentre of the armed banditry, the focus of this paper was consciously restricted to only Zamfara State in order to interrogate community interventions in a more context-specific manner. Among other things, this paper underscored the relevance of localised peace responses as a veritable tool to build sustainable peace and tackle conflict from its sources by recommending solutionist strategies to state actors and others alike, just for the sake of peace in Zamfara State and the Northwest as a whole.
Key Words: Armed banditry, peace, violence, attack, intervention, conflict, Northwest
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W.O AKANNI. and 1. MUHAMMED (2022). Localized Peace in a Weaponized Environment: Interrogating Non-state Actors' Peacebuilding Interventions against Armed Banditry in Nigeria's Northwest. Journal of Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution , ISSN 2462-9395. Vol.1, No.2 .pp-50-64