Africa at LSE

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

Latest posts

Sudan's top graduates are claimed by private and aid sectors

October 11th, 2021

African Elections

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

October 14th, 2021

Have we reached the end of post-war liberal statebuilding in Africa?

October 6th, 2021

Africa should start preparing for the global climate emergency

October 4th, 2021

Recent

When focus groups fail: why local researchers should be involved in project design

September 29th, 2021

Power imbalances between the global North and South affect the reporting of research findings

September 27th, 2021

The do’s and don’ts of navigating research in armed conflict zones

September 24th, 2021

Development

Have we reached the end of post-war liberal statebuilding in Africa?

October 6th, 2021

Postal service closures show Mozambique is a star pupil of western capitalism

August 4th, 2021

Ghanaian development experts are not driving Ghana’s development agenda

July 16th, 2021

Politics

African Elections

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

October 14th, 2021

Have we reached the end of post-war liberal statebuilding in Africa?

October 6th, 2021

Africa should start preparing for the global climate emergency

October 4th, 2021

Public Authority

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

June 11th, 2021

Public Authority

What writing research impact case studies teaches us about ‘impact’

June 1st, 2021

How research into sexual wronging changed the course of the landmark trial at the ICC

May 28th, 2021

COVID-19

Colonialism and foreign interventions have driven distrust during the pandemic in eastern DRC

September 8th, 2021

Le colonialisme et les interventions extérieures ont alimenté la méfiance pendant la pandémie dans l’est de la RDC

September 7th, 2021

The impact of COVID-19 on the educational sector in eastern DRC

September 6th, 2021

African Elections

African Elections

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

October 14th, 2021

African Elections

Information about service provision in Uganda is insufficient to affect voting behaviour

July 23rd, 2021

African Elections

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

February 3rd, 2021

Economics

Sudan’s top graduates are claimed by private and aid sectors

October 11th, 2021

Nigeria needs a new industrial strategy

September 10th, 2021

Four lessons COVID-19 provides for improving Africa’s social protection systems

September 1st, 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

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

September 5th, 2021

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

September 2nd, 2021

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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