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  • OIL SPILLS "Our Environment. Our Livelihood." Oil Spill Spotlight issue
  • GAS FLARING "Give us Power not Pollution." Gas Flaring Spotlight Issue
  • ENERGY JUSTICE "Transforming Energy Poverty to Energy Prosperity." Energy Justice
  • DEMOCRATISATION "Democracy is our Right. Let us decide our future." Democracy Spotlight Issue
  • GOVERNANCE "Strengthening Transparency and Accountability." Governance and transparency
  • WOMEN'S RIGHTS "Our voice. Our strength. Our right." Women's Rights Spotlight Issue
  • URBANISATION "Development not Demolition. Housing is our human right." Urbanisation Spotlight Issue

SDN Protects Human Rights and Demands Responsive Governance

Oil and gas exploration in Africa has not resulted in justice and poverty reduction. Instead, its extraction has resulted in corruption, conflict and human and environmental rights abuses. SDN believes that as the global demand for oil and gas increases, it becomes increasingly important that governments and oil majors recognise the rights of the citizens who live in closest proximity to those natural resources. 

We have been working in the Niger Delta for over 8 years supporting the efforts of those worse affected by extractive industries and weak governance through rights based community empowerment.

We support and work closely with communities and civil society groups to become knowledgeable, confident, inclusive, organized and able to participate in and influence decision-making to improve their lives. Find out more about SDN and our work in the Niger Delta.

"Propositional not Oppositional" 

Over the last decade SDN has looked for sustainable solutions to the issues facing the Niger Delta.

We have identified seven spotlight issues that represent major issues and long held grievances in the Niger Delta. We have also designed holistic interventions to tackle these complex issues.

Explore our projects through our spotlight areas to understand what we do, why we do it, and how we do it.

The Niger Delta

The Niger Delta fuels Nigeria's heavily oil-dependent economy and accounts for 95% of Nigeria's export earnings and over 80% of Federal Government revenue.

Reliance on the petroleum based economy has brought systemic violence, corruption and mismanagement to the region and consequently remains one of the poorest and neglected parts of the country.

Read more about the Niger Delta...

Research, Analysis, Policy & Advocacy

Evidence based research, independent analysis and wide reaching networks and partnerships ensure that SDN is well positioned to identify and articulate actionable solutions and advocate policy recommendations that address the root causes of conflict highlighted as our spotlight issues.

We offer holistic solutions, which are multi-stakeholder in focus, yet grounded in community based priorities.

Read more about our approach...