Africa at LSE

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

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Business

Current livestock immunisation strategies have not unlocked the full potential of animal vaccines

August 5th, 2022

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Humanitarianism

Five reasons why Ghanaian police perform better in UN peacekeeping than at home

August 10th, 2022
Development

Smart city schemes are contributing to homelessness in Mauritius

August 8th, 2022
Business

How the US-China rivalry is undermining efforts to address Africa’s debt

August 1st, 2022

Recent

Development

An insider account of lies and corruption within a humanitarian refugee agency in Uganda

July 26th, 2022
Economics

Why inflation is rising in Kenya and how to fix it

July 22nd, 2022
Humanitarianism

Occult threats to safety and protection in a Ugandan refugee settlement

July 19th, 2022

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Development

Development

Smart city schemes are contributing to homelessness in Mauritius

August 8th, 2022
Development

An insider account of lies and corruption within a humanitarian refugee agency in Uganda

July 26th, 2022
Development

Aid worker emotions can obstruct meaningful local humanitarianism

June 13th, 2022

Politics

Politics

How party finance shapes the politicised distribution of government jobs

June 6th, 2022
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

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

Business

How the US-China rivalry is undermining efforts to address Africa’s debt

August 1st, 2022
Economics

Why inflation is rising in Kenya and how to fix it

July 22nd, 2022
Business

How rating agencies could support African governments in overcoming debt crises

July 4th, 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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