Nigeria: “Continue to innovate and build alliances”

The internet can open up spaces for marginalised groups to strengthen their identities, exchange ideas, form communities, and organise themselves. In Nigeria, however, freedom of communication and information is increasingly being restricted. We spoke with queer security expert Azeenarh Mohammed about LGBTIQ rights, risk profiles, and the Twitter blackout.

By Maria Kind

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Perspectives #01/2021: African Feminisms Across Generations

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Improving the Functionality of Primary Healthcare Centers in Nigeria

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Debt Relief for Green and Inclusive Recovery

Time for a "Detox" in Agriculture

Covid-19 Pandemic Case Study: Nigeria

Plastic Atlas (Nigeria Edition)

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DEMOCRACY

Unpacked!

Specifically developed and designed for a young international audience, the digital book "Unpacked! Plastic, Waste, & Me" answers 70 questions about plastic in colorful infographics and six true stories. Book designer and author Gesine Grotrian and a team of experts from the Heinrich Böll Foundation together with an advisory board of young people from all over the world have created an exciting non-fiction book for young people aged 12 and over.

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Food Systems on the Edge

Commentary

Those most affected by the negative consequences of large-scale industrialized food production must play a vital part in discussing how to transform it. The world, therefore, needs a people’s Food Systems Summit that aims to end hunger and malnutrition, protect ecosystems, and provide small farmers with a decent livelihood.

By Barbara Unmüssig

Debt Relief for a Green and Inclusive Recovery in Nigeria?

Event Recording

In this online event hosted by hbs, experts discuss a Debt Relief proposal with the potential of minimizing Nigeria’s growing debt burden and also sets the country on a path to a green and inclusive recovery.

Plastic Atlas (Nigeria Edition)

Dossier

In addition to the hard facts, data and figures telling the story of plastic from a global perspective, the Nigeria edition of the Plastic Atlas provides insights into the particular challenges facing Africa’s most populous country.

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Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned: Lagos Government’s Response to COVID-19

After registering Nigeria's index case of COVID-19 at the end of February 2020, the commercial city of Lagos soon emerged as the country's coronavirus hotspot and went into a five week long lockdown at the end of March 2020. This photo story takes a look at government's response to the crisis from the perspective of low-income communities.

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MEGACITY LAGOS

Between Self-Organisation and Government: Local Governance in Urban Nigeria

Dossier

The research papers in this dossier analyze how network groups within low-income communities in Kano, Onitsha and Lagos organize access to clean water and other municipal services. They also assess the level of legitimacy, accountability and gender inclusiveness of these network groups and their structures.

Flâneuse: Female Perspectives on Navigating Lagos

Dossier

Three female artists use different visual art forms to express the challenges women face as they navigate in an urban environment dominated by patriarchal norms and structures.

YANME TV - Telling Stories of Our Everyday Lives

Yanme, a community information sharing platform initiated by our partner organization Rethinking Cities, offers young people from low-income communities in Lagos the possibility of reflecting on solutions to socio-economic issues within their communities, of sharing their experiences stretching beyond their neighborhoods and engaging political decision-makers.

Perspectives Africa

Perspectives is a publication series of the Africa offices of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung. The series provides a platform for experts from Africa to express their views about issues pertinent to the democratic and sustainable development agenda in the region.

The latest edition of Perspectives tackles questions of state capture, and how the concept can contribute to understanding and strengthening democracies across Africa. Our contributors also open the possibilities that emerge when “state capture” is released from particular institutional settings and national boundaries.

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Nigeria: “Continue to innovate and build alliances”

Social Links

A Solution to the Housing Crisis in Lagos?

LATEST PUBLICATIONS

Perspectives #01/2021: African Feminisms Across Generations

Ajegunle-Ikorodu Community Resilience Action Plan

Improving the Functionality of Primary Healthcare Centers in Nigeria

Agenda for Sustainable Economic Transformation in Nigeria

Debt Relief for Green and Inclusive Recovery

Time for a "Detox" in Agriculture

Covid-19 Pandemic Case Study: Nigeria

Plastic Atlas (Nigeria Edition)

DEMOCRACY

Know Your Rights! Legal Guidebooks for Civic Activists

Queer community in Nigeria: "My feminism is queer feminism"

African Feminisms Across Generations

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Food Systems on the Edge

Debt Relief for a Green and Inclusive Recovery in Nigeria?

Plastic Atlas (Nigeria Edition)

MEGACITY LAGOS

Between Self-Organisation and Government: Local Governance in Urban Nigeria

Flâneuse: Female Perspectives on Navigating Lagos

YANME TV - Telling Stories of Our Everyday Lives