In early 2014, USAID's mission in Nigeria invited the Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation to conduct a cross-sectoral conflict assessment focusing on USAID programs and the risk of violence during the 2015 presidential elections. The Mission sought guidance on how to implement programs in a conflict sensitive manner, emphasizing Do No Harm principles, and maximize peacebuilding opportunities. Given that USAID conducted a conflict assessment in Nigeria in 2010 and a desk study of violent extremism in 2013, the 2014 assessment focused primarily on how conflict dynamics have shifted since the 2011 elections in the areas where USAID is operating and how programs interact with those changing conflict dynamics.