Africa at LSE

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

Latest posts

Health

Africa and the third wave of the covid-19 pandemic

March 25th, 2020

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Economics

Why a one-size-fits-all approach to Covid-19 could have lethal consequences

March 27th, 2020
Development

An Ebola screening point highlights the gap between local needs and international agendas

March 24th, 2020
Development

Export bans in Africa are more political than economic

March 20th, 2020

Recent

Development

What is the impact of COVID-19 in informal settlements?

March 13th, 2020

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Business

Indigenous mining can curtail Africa’s resource curse

March 11th, 2020

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African Diaspora

Who decides who gets to vote in Ghana’s elections?

March 9th, 2020

Development

Development

An Ebola screening point highlights the gap between local needs and international agendas

March 24th, 2020
Development

Export bans in Africa are more political than economic

March 20th, 2020
Development

What is the impact of COVID-19 in informal settlements?

March 13th, 2020

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Masculinities

Masculinities

The Ghanaian adolescent male needs research into his sexual health

November 14th, 2019

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Masculinities

Dehumanised African masculinity feeds dystopian projections of the continent

October 23rd, 2019
Health

The role of health in confronting toxic masculinity

October 17th, 2019

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Politics

African Diaspora

Who decides who gets to vote in Ghana’s elections?

March 9th, 2020
African Elections

The Malawi election court ruling affects the whole continent

February 18th, 2020

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Business

Gambling against the Kenyan state

January 24th, 2020

Public Authority

Development

An Ebola screening point highlights the gap between local needs and international agendas

March 24th, 2020
Public Authority

How colonial understandings of customary authority skew policy interventions

February 19th, 2020

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Development

International development frameworks force civil society to mimic western NGOs

February 17th, 2020

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African Elections

African Diaspora

Who decides who gets to vote in Ghana’s elections?

March 9th, 2020
African Elections

The Malawi election court ruling affects the whole continent

February 18th, 2020

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African Elections

Nigerian youths are too poor to run for political office

November 27th, 2019

Book Reviews

Arts/Culture

Book review – Modernist Art in Ethiopia

December 6th, 2019
Book Reviews

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

November 7th, 2019

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Book Reviews

Book review – Humanitarianism: A Dictionary of Concepts

September 12th, 2019

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Translations

Translations

Cohabitation et perspectives en lien avec le retour des réfugiés centrafricains

July 29th, 2019
Translations

La politique de retour : un programme de recherche

July 3rd, 2019
Translations

Comment une politique d’inclusion pourrait aider les réfugiés musulmans d’Afrique centrale

July 2nd, 2019
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