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Organized by the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) and the UEMOA Commission, the training aimed to equip administrators with the tools to critically analyze feasibility studies and economic models to ensure a fair distribution of mining rents between states and companies. Key modules covered project financing, extractive rent sharing, economic modeling (including NPV, IRR, and WACC), and the risks associated with stability clauses. 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It argues that while Nigeria has a history of assertive 'Africa-centred' foreign policy, this has been eroded by domestic instability, corruption, the Boko Haram insurgency, and a lack of strategic leadership. The author highlights a shift in continental pre-eminence from Nigeria to South Africa and notes that Nigeria's regional influence in West Africa is contested and often dependent on external actors like France. The paper concludes that only a fundamental restructuring of domestic governance and the economy can restore Nigeria's international standing.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001628#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Since returning to electoral democracy in May 1999, Nigeria has been unable to replicate the assertive and activist foreign policies it maintained during the 1970s and 1980s.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001628#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Nigeria's status as a continental leader has been largely superseded by post-apartheid South Africa, which possesses a more functional diplomatic and economic system.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001628#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Domestic failures, including systemic corruption, a dysfunctional power sector, and the Boko Haram insurgency, have severely impaired Nigeria's ability to project power abroad.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001628#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Nigeria has a strong record in international peacekeeping, having participated in at least 40 UN missions and spending approximately $13 billion on these operations since 1960.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001628#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 'Africa centrepiece' foreign policy, which focused on decolonisation and anti-apartheid efforts until 1994, has lost its coherence and direction in the post-colonial era.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001628#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Despite being the primary funder of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), providing 60% of its equity, Nigeria does not control the bank's executive leadership.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001628#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Goodluck Jonathan administration demonstrated a lack of strategic autonomy by relying on France to organize a summit with regional neighbors to combat Boko Haram in May 2014.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001628#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Nigeria's economic influence has been volatile, briefly becoming Africa's largest economy in April 2014 before being overtaken by South Africa again in August 2016 due to falling oil prices and currency fluctuations.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001628#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["economic diversity","governance"],"geography_discussed":["West Africa","South Africa","France","Chad","Liberia","Sierra Leone","Ivory Coast","Mali","Cameroon","Niger","Benin"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","historical review","political assessment"]},{"id":"issafri-002829","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/issafri-002829","title":"Assessing the Multinational Joint Task Force against Boko Haram","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Security Studies","organization":"institute-for-security-studies"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2016-09","source_url":"https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/war19.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), a coalition of Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria, and Chad, along with Benin, was established to combat Boko Haram. While the force has achieved some operational gains since early 2016, it continues to struggle with significant financial shortfalls, political mistrust among member states, and a gap between official claims of operationality and the reality on the ground. The African Union (AU) serves as a critical strategic and technical partner, filling an institutional vacuum left by the Lake Chad Basin Commission's (LCBC) limited experience in peace operations.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002829#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The MNJTF is a coalition of Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria, and Chad, joined by non-member Benin, operating under the political oversight of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) and the strategic support of the African Union (AU).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002829#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The African Union (AU) became the principal partner for the MNJTF because the LCBC lacked the necessary experience and capacity to manage a large-scale peace operation, specifically in administrative, financial, and logistical management.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002829#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The force's operationalization was delayed by political tensions, particularly under former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, whose leadership was viewed as an impediment to regional cooperation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002829#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Severe financial constraints have hindered the MNJTF, with an initial budget requirement of nearly US$700 million. Most costs are currently borne by the member states, and a 50 million euro pledge from the European Union was delayed due to AU audit procedures.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002829#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"While officially operational, the MNJTF's effectiveness is questioned; for example, a violent attack on Bosso, Niger, on 3 June 2016 occurred despite the area being within the MNJTF's operational sphere.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002829#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The MNJTF only began large-scale operations in early 2016, including Operation Arrow Five in February and Operation Gama Aiki in June. 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It highlights how government repression, corruption, high youth unemployment, and social exclusion create vulnerabilities that extremist groups like ISIS, Al-Shabaab, and Boko Haram exploit. The paper emphasizes that while religion is often used as a justification, the root causes are frequently socio-political and economic. 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Out-of-sample predictions show that a theory-driven model based on accommodative politics far outperforms a simple time-trend model in predicting the actual decline of ethnic conflict from 2000 to 2013.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001659#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The incidence of ethnic civil war increased until the mid-1990s but has been declining since that point, confirming the turning point identified by Ted Robert Gurr.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001659#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Global trends since the 1970s show a steady decrease in the share of the population that is politically excluded, a decline in discrimination, and a dramatic increase in power-sharing arrangements.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001659#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Certain accommodative policies significantly reduce the risk of new ethnic civil war onsets: inclusion in power-sharing regimes and democratization are statistically significant, while the granting of group rights also dampens risk.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001659#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The granting of regional autonomy and the implementation of peacekeeping operations are primary drivers for the termination of ongoing ethnic civil wars.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001659#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Simulations indicate that accommodation can substantially lower conflict probabilities over a decade: democratization reduces risk by 27%, inclusion by 20%, and the ending of discrimination by 15%.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001659#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A theory-driven model based on accommodative politics accurately predicted the decline of ethnic civil war between 2000 and 2013, whereas a simple trend-extrapolation model vastly over-predicted the amount of conflict.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001659#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":["Iraq","South Sudan","Syria","Ukraine","Liberia","Nigeria","South Africa","Angola","Guatemala","Ghana","Mali","Niger","Northern Ireland","Aceh","Bosnia and Herzegovina","Burundi","North Macedonia"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["empirical study","quantitative analysis","predictive modeling"]},{"id":"saiia-001311","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/saiia-001311","title":"African election trends 2016: pressurised polling processes but progress","publisher":{"name":"South African Institute of International Affairs","organization":"south-african-institute-of-international-affairs"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2016-06-14","source_url":"https://saiia.org.za/research/african-election-trends-2016-pressurised-polling-processes-but-progress/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","geography_discussed"],"summary":{"text":"The report examines African election trends in 2016, noting that while multi-party elections are now standard, many processes are undermined by 'constitutional coups', the removal of term limits, and electoral irregularities. 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