Africa at LSE

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

Latest posts

Environment

Why we should decolonise the narrative on zoonosis for sustainable health, wildlife, livestock and economic growth in Africa

May 18th, 2022

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Health

Rising populations without sustainable food systems will heighten Africa’s infectious disease burden

May 25th, 2022
International Affairs

For Africans in China the country is a dreamland and an accidental destination

May 23rd, 2022
Migration

International migration for Ethiopian women can mean more than seeking economic security

May 20th, 2022

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Development

How policy can address frequent flooding in African coastal cities

May 9th, 2022
Development

How good governance can progress Uganda’s sustainable development goals

May 5th, 2022
Recent

Can cash transfer programmes help mental health outcomes among Africa’s young people?

May 3rd, 2022

Development

Development

How is the “Ghana Beyond Aid” policy addressing inequality and polarisation?

May 17th, 2022
Development

How policy can address frequent flooding in African coastal cities

May 9th, 2022
Development

How good governance can progress Uganda’s sustainable development goals

May 5th, 2022

Politics

Politics

Peacekeeping in South Sudan is a race against time for the UN

May 13th, 2022
African Elections

The expansion of African legislatures threatens to undermine parliaments

April 27th, 2022
Politics

Isaias Afwerki’s gamble in Ethiopia is endangering Eritrean sovereignty

March 24th, 2022

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Public Authority

Conflict

Land disputes in South Sudan continue to affect refugees and IDPs

December 16th, 2021
Conflict

Safety and protection in South Sudan have shifted away from government

November 26th, 2021
Development

What explains popular resistance to Ebola humanitarian responses in the DRC?

June 11th, 2021

COVID-19

COVID-19

When COVID-19 is irrelevant for South Sudanese

April 29th, 2022
COVID-19

Attitudes of the South Sudanese diaspora towards COVID-19 vaccination in Canada

April 18th, 2022

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COVID-19

Social media and trust in strangers have grown Uganda’s market for COVID-19 treatments

February 22nd, 2022

African Elections

African Elections

The expansion of African legislatures threatens to undermine parliaments

April 27th, 2022
African Elections

Prospects for Guinean elections after the coup are uncertain

November 23rd, 2021
African Elections

Buhari and political turbulence on the route to Nigeria’s 2023 elections

October 14th, 2021

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Economics

China-Africa Initiative

FOCAC and the future of China-Africa relations

February 4th, 2022
China-Africa Initiative

What is FOCAC? Three historic stages in the China-Africa relationship

February 3rd, 2022
Economics

Why colonial investments persist more in Francophone than Anglophone Africa

January 25th, 2022

Book Reviews

Book Reviews

Book review – A House Without Windows

March 26th, 2021
Arts/Culture

Book review – Modernist Art in Ethiopia

December 6th, 2019

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Book Reviews

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

November 7th, 2019

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Translations

COVID-19

L’impact de COVID-19 sur le secteur éducatif à l’Est de la République Démocratique du Congo

September 5th, 2021
COVID-19

Vivre la pandémie: Entre effroi et anxiété, un petit coin d’espoir

September 2nd, 2021
COVID-19

Cachez ce nez que je ne saurai voir! : Les nombreux visages du masque à l’est de la RDC

August 29th, 2021
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