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    Unconventional United Nations peacebuilding interventions in the 2014 Afghanistan elections and democratic transition
    (Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, 2018) Isola, O. O.; Aiki-Raji, K. B.
    Following a request by the Afghanistan Government for assistance to support the country’s independent election body in conducting credible and acceptable election in 2014, a mandate was issued by the United Nations Security Council to support the democratic transition in the country. However, observers have described the outcome of the transition as unconventional. This study explored the core reasons for the unconventionality of the UN intervention in Afghanistan. Qualitative data were collected through interviews, observations and focus group discussions conducted in Kabul, Badakshan, Baghlan, Kunduz and Takhar provinces during the transition. The specific activities of the UN and its agencies in supporting the 2014 Afghan general elections and challenges encountered were unraveled. While a peaceful transfer of power did occur, the process that ended the transition was not democratic but political. The peculiarities of the country’s local context hence determined the outcome of the transition. Therefore, the transition project cannot be a model for future UN initiatives
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    Beyond news broadcasting: television for peace making in South-Western Nigeria
    (Association of Media and Communication Researchers of Nigeria, 2018-10) Isola, O.O.; Bello, T. Y.
    Discourses on peace building roles of social institutions have become very core to achieving human security and egalitarian society. The role of the media has moved beyond reporting and providing early warning insight into human security threats to getting practically involved in Peace making and Peace building. This paper explores the role of television in Peace making activities and in providing platform for alternative dispute resolution at the grassroots. Five local television programmes, Olowogbogboro of Ogun State Television, Ijoko Ojogbon of Ondo state Television, So daa bee? of Oyo State Television, Mo gb’ejo mi de of Lagos State Television and Majiya gbe if Osun State Television served as case studies. The Social responsibility theory of the press served as framework while qualitative data were collected through in-depth interviews of program producers, program panel members and disputing parties. Observations of live studio recordings of the five selected programs were done while analyses f program diaries were carried out. It is established that television programming is contributing to culturally relevant, flexible, accommodating and cheaper alternative Peace making processes and conflict resolution, complementing the formal justice system that is inaccessible to the poor and overwhelmed by civil and criminal cases. The programs deserve adequate support and encouragement