Conflict in the Niger Delta Essays

The urbanization and technology have negative influences on families. I believed that modern life has been putting a lot pressure on individual’s family. Nowadays, many parents are businessman and businesswoman who usually leave home early and come home late, whom will send their child to day care centre that result in lack of time to take care of their children. Besides that, parents who have a hectic lifestyle may lead to mental and physical degeneration which caused by the long-term depression

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to study the Niger Delta conflict and contribute to the ongoing debates on greed vs. grievance thesis as to the cause of the Niger Delta conflict. To begin with, the central focus of this study is to determine whether greed and grievance factors has a link to the conflict or are applicable to explaining the causes of the conflict. The study adopts resource conflict debate as the anchor of the research but greed vs. grievance theory stands for the analytical and

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF CONFLICT: MCM 805 TOPIC: FIRST SEMESTER FINAL PAPER MATRIC NO.: 139062065 DATE: 09/05/2015 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY FINAL EXAMS (NUMBER ONE) INTRODUCTION The two social systems that the paper will dwell on are the Niger Delta and the Chevron Oil Company. Here we discuss the various social systems to briefly bring out there history, believe system and values in terms of our paper. The research will also bring out the factors that led to the two social systems’ conflict; and proffer a

In the article, “Gold, not minerals, fueling the congo conflict” describes that the discovery of gold in the mineral reserves causes conflict between the rebels and the government. The M23 rebels increase their power by the support of the Rwandan government for the illegal gold trade. M23 intentions are to establish gold trade to control the North

Middle-Exam Assignment Journal Review: The Correlation between Feminist Environmentalism and Climate Change in the Niger Delta, Nigeria Ronald Indrawan I.W 016201300132 IR DEFENSE 1 Introduction The year of 1990s have been popularly known as the era of the environment as it has marked an important summit that has gathered prominent countries of the world to address multiple issues such as global warming, biodiversity, acid rain, deforestation as well as desertification, pollution, preservation

Whenever there is an attempt of protest from the oppressed for oil company activities and environmental damage, Nigerian security forces have repeatedly beaten, detained and even killed people. The acts by oil companies continue to trouble the Niger Delta region to

on. The “figures with an aura of adventure, romance and heroism but also professional recklessness” (cf. Korte) get introduced through the characterization of Rufus and Zaq and maintained during the whole storyline. The two characters embody the conflict between the idealistic and disillusioned point of view on the human rights and environmental abuses as journalists since, as Korte states, “audiences flooded with images and news bites from wars all over the globe and on a daily basis seem to be

attracted many of foreign investors to carry out their economic activity (oil production), thus creating an atmosphere of productive local economy. Despite of the excellence of Shell becoming as one of the world’s largest oil producer, there are conflicts and controversy that overlooked, which of these things not only affect the community, but, kept to a violation of human rights. Human rights abuses against the Ogoni people: Military dictatorship. Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) has started oil production

African countries, it seems, are in a perpetual state of war or conflict. And gyimah-brempong traynor (1999) define the political instability "as situations, activities or patterns of political behavior that threaten to alter or change the political system in a nonconstitutional way". The political conflicts in Africa generally revolve around ethnicity, control of resources and power. The power is always at the center of these conflicts if they involve ethnic rivalries, resource management or a combination

colonization were permanent, embossed into ideals of Nigeria manifest in its present day condition. Britain’s indirect rule of Nigeria intensified the conflicts and only promoted a lack of unity between the north and south; British colonizers cultivated great wealth in South Nigeria due to the Niger River and the control of palm oil trade by the Royal Niger Company, while in North Nigeria, the Sokoto Caliphate ruled over the region, often engaging in warfare with other kingdoms and conducting slave raids

violent conflict is something like the chicken-and-egg riddle (the chicken or the egg, which came first). Are human rights violations caused by violent conflict, or are they the drivers of violent conflict? According to Parlevliet (2002:8) "violent and destructive conflict can lead to gross human rights violations, but can also result from a sustained denial of rights over a period of time". There is a general consensus that human rights violations are both symptoms and causes of violent conflict. Human

Grievance as conflict drivers Theories of Grievance: The following section looks into the evidence of grievance and social inequality as the source of violent conflict. In contrast to the theory of greed proposed by Collier and Hoefller (2004), many argue that the theory of grievance allows for the better explanation of the occurrence of the violent conflict. Central to grievance is identity and group formation (Murshed and Tadjoeddin, 2009). Theories of grievance can be divided into (i) relative

THE IMPACT OF CULTURE ON INDIVIDUALS IN CHINUA ACHEBE’S ARROW OF GOD S.Senthamarai I.M.A.English Literature TGAC,Rasipuram 9566769103

poverty leads to conflict or conflict leads to poverty has being a heated debate among scholars in academia. This paper seeks to provide explanations on the meaning of poverty and conflict, the nexus between poverty and conflict and its impacts on development from different perspectives, causes of poverty and conflict, theories of conflict and to succinctly take a position whether poverty leads to conflict or conflict leads to poverty. There is no definite definition of poverty and conflict. According

torture, and inheritance-related violence.” “Proliferation of guns in the Niger Delta has increased the risk that girls and women will be targets of sexual assault.” “The consequence has been disastrous, as women have suffered massive massacre, rape, sexual abuse, social psychological trauma… aggravated poverty, unemployment, hunger, anger, low self-esteem, bitterness, frustration, desperation, fear, tension and more conflicts.” (Odigie- Emmanuel web). Many women are experiencing violence. “One in

FAIZA RUKSAR ARIF H2013BA50 International Relations and Foreign Policies- Term Paper: COLONIALISM: Abstract: This paper is a discussion of the character of British colonization in Nigeria. We examine the facts leading to the intrusion of British in Nigeria. While the British constantly expanded their territory, it wasn’t until 1900 when they established political control over the Nigerian area in the form of three autonomous administrations. They were then amalgamated to form the Nigerian state

EVALUATION RESEARCH DESIGNS 1. Policy-Oriented Evaluation Design Policy-oriented evaluation research design refers to studies embarked on for the purpose of generating change in existing educational policies and practices. Policy-oriented evaluation design is adopted for critical examination of the efficacy or effectiveness of existing policy with a view to providing relevant information for making of new policy or modifying existing policy, monitoring and implementing it. This design is often adopted