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New Forms of Social and Political Action: A Study of #BringBackOurGirls
Background The #BringBackOurGirls (#BBOG) campaign which began in 2014 following the abduction of 300 girls by Boko Haram, became a...
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Working Paper
13 August 2021
Demanding Power: Struggles over Fuel Access in Nigeria
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Why do some fuel protests in Nigeria lead to a response from government, but others are barely noticed? What are the politics behind government response and who are the winners and losers?
Report
26 February 2021
Digital Rights in Closing Civic Space: Lessons from Ten African Countries
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This report introduces findings from ten digital rights landscape country reports on Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uganda, Sudan, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Cameroon. The country reports analyse how the openings and closings of online civic space affect citizens’ digital rights.
Opinion
12 June 2020
Working Paper
27 June 2019
Beyond Tweets and Screams: Action for Empowerment and Accountability in Nigeria – The Case of the #BBOG Movement
This paper explores the nature, role and dynamics of new forms of social and political action as pathways to empowerment and accountability in fragile conflict- and violence-affected settings in Africa through an in-depth analysis of the case of the Bring Back Our Girls (#BBOG) movement in Nigeria and a multi-methods approach.