Africa at LSE

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

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Human Rights

What the Dominic Ongwen trial could mean for traditional justice mechanisms in the ICC

July 26th, 2021

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Development

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

August 4th, 2021
Business

We must understand terrorist financing to defeat Boko Haram and Nigeria’s insurgents

August 3rd, 2021
Environment

Celebrating the life and legacy of Wangari Maathai

July 30th, 2021

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Development

Ghanaian development experts are not driving Ghana’s development agenda

July 16th, 2021
Conflict

Illicit natural resource extraction in Nigeria fuels violence and insecurity

July 12th, 2021
Migration

Colourism and identity struggles affect Africans as much as non-white immigrants in the West

July 9th, 2021

Development

Development

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

August 4th, 2021
Development

Ghanaian development experts are not driving Ghana’s development agenda

July 16th, 2021
Development

Bottom-up humanitarian protection: the experience of a young South Sudanese car-cleaner in Khartoum

June 25th, 2021

Politics

Development

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

August 4th, 2021
Business

Why anti-corruption policies have not prevented procurement failures in contemporary South Africa

July 27th, 2021
Conflict

Illicit natural resource extraction in Nigeria fuels violence and insecurity

July 12th, 2021

Public Authority

Development

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
Human Rights

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

May 28th, 2021

COVID-19

COVID-19

What Kenya’s street parliaments tell us about the value of in-person politics over online debates

June 16th, 2021
COVID-19

Cutting aid will increase distrust in Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout

June 15th, 2021
COVID-19

Remote research in the DRC shows the benefits of methodological pragmatism and community-insiders

May 31st, 2021

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African Elections

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
African Elections

Bad governance and political selection in Nigeria has a human cost

December 18th, 2020

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Economics

Business

Djibouti could be the next Singapore

July 20th, 2021
China-Africa Initiative

Globalisation will determine the growth of Mandarin in Africa

June 21st, 2021

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Development

Will Africa’s free trade area increase inequalities?

June 18th, 2021

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

Translations

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

January 17th, 2021
Health

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

October 17th, 2020
Gender

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

October 9th, 2020

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