Africa at LSE

The latest expert analysis on African affairs, placing the continent at the heart of global debates

Latest posts

Abiy Ahmed's law and order operation is stoking Ethiopia's crisis of legitimacy

February 19th, 2021

Ending statelessness in West Africa is crucial for domestic and regional security

February 25th, 2021

Q&A with Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey: development, citizenship and political economy in Liberia

February 22nd, 2021

Ethiopia must learn quick lessons from Tigray to avoid further crises

February 21st, 2021

Recent

Watching the ICC Judgement of LRA commander Dominic Ongwen with Ugandan victims of enforced marriage

February 17th, 2021

Deconstructing Notions of Resilience

Everyday mobility among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda reveals agency and uncertainty

February 15th, 2021

How can ethnomusicology support humanitarian protection research?

February 12th, 2021

COVID-19

Tanzania’s declining COVID-19 markets reflect the country’s political messaging

January 8th, 2021

Malawian perceptions of COVID-19 have shifted alongside public health messages

December 21st, 2020

After COVID-19 inequality frameworks in Nigeria must address children’s rights and dignity

November 18th, 2020

Development

Q&A with Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey: development, citizenship and political economy in Liberia

February 22nd, 2021

How can ethnomusicology support humanitarian protection research?

February 12th, 2021

The debate on African corruption should reflect the role of the global North

February 8th, 2021

Shifting Spaces

Tanzania’s declining COVID-19 markets reflect the country’s political messaging

January 8th, 2021

Malawian perceptions of COVID-19 have shifted alongside public health messages

December 21st, 2020

School reopenings in Malawi face challenges with a lack of financial support

November 9th, 2020

Politics

Ethiopia must learn quick lessons from Tigray to avoid further crises

February 21st, 2021

Abiy Ahmed’s law and order operation is stoking Ethiopia’s crisis of legitimacy

February 19th, 2021

African Elections

Internet and social media shutdowns in Uganda cannot stop growing political resistance

February 3rd, 2021

Public Authority

Land policy is crucial to peacebuilding in South Sudan

January 22nd, 2021

Public Authority

Why we should better understand how citizens engage the state justice system

January 19th, 2021

Public Authority

What are the ethics of researchers helping respondents during a pandemic?

November 23rd, 2020

African Elections

African Elections

Internet and social media shutdowns in Uganda cannot stop growing political resistance

February 3rd, 2021

African Elections

Bad governance and political selection in Nigeria has a human cost

December 18th, 2020

African Elections

Can Buhari use electoral reforms to compensate for Nigeria’s anti-corruption efforts?

October 19th, 2020

Book Reviews

Book review – Modernist Art in Ethiopia

December 6th, 2019

Book review – Guardians of the Tradition: Historians and Historical Writing in Ethiopia and Eritrea

November 7th, 2019

Book review – Humanitarianism: A Dictionary of Concepts

September 12th, 2019

Translations

Le football au Burundi est un instrument de réconciliation et de légitimité politique

January 17th, 2021

Quel est l’impact des mœurs burundaises sur l’éducation sexuelle des adolescents ?

October 17th, 2020

Quelles solutions face à la persistance des mariages précoces et forcés à Goma, en RDC ?

October 9th, 2020

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