Africa at LSE

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

Latest posts

How research into Ebola secured a seat at the table of COVID-19 policymaking

May 4th, 2021

Using art to challenge and share knowledge on African public health

May 7th, 2021

Russian mercenaries in the Central African Republic create problems for democratic actors

May 5th, 2021

Twenty years on the African Union’s continental diplomacy has changed

April 30th, 2021

Recent

Africa should be studied as a new territory of regulatory capitalism

April 23rd, 2021

Peer-to-peer communication in East and West Africa may help promote COVID-19 policy compliance

April 21st, 2021

Tanzania’s new president provides a chance to revitalise climate policy

April 20th, 2021

Development

Tanzania’s new president provides a chance to revitalise climate policy

April 20th, 2021

Supporting early warning systems for famine in South Sudan

April 19th, 2021

Tracking illicit financial flows could support Nigeria’s post-pandemic recovery

April 6th, 2021

Politics

Colonial-era education can explain regional political inequality in Africa

April 16th, 2021

Political scientists talk about African ‘Big Men’ inconsistently

March 22nd, 2021

Tunisia’s transitional justice programme highlights the danger of overpromising

March 19th, 2021

Public Authority

How research into Ebola secured a seat at the table of COVID-19 policymaking

May 4th, 2021

How an arts project created real-world impact for refugees and formerly displaced persons

April 26th, 2021

Supporting early warning systems for famine in South Sudan

April 19th, 2021

COVID-19

Peer-to-peer communication in East and West Africa may help promote COVID-19 policy compliance

April 21st, 2021

Better health interventions in Africa means understanding individual and communal practices of care

April 13th, 2021

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

January 8th, 2021

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

Economics

Africa should be studied as a new territory of regulatory capitalism

April 23rd, 2021

China-Africa relations

Why substantial Chinese FDI is flowing into Africa

April 2nd, 2021

Africa’s trade interests need country leadership to benefit from the WTO

March 8th, 2021

Book Reviews

Book review – A House Without Windows

March 26th, 2021

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

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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