Africa at LSE

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

Latest posts

What do sovereign immunity clauses mean for Chinese engagement with Africa?

December 1st, 2020

Public Authority

How do grassroots networks in Kenya tackle violence against children?

November 27th, 2020

Africa and Higher Education

Networks and student support are vital for developing African leaders in higher education

November 25th, 2020

What do different generations of Ghanaians make of Jerry Rawlings’ legacy?

November 24th, 2020

Recent

Africa and Higher Education

African students’ access to higher education is a priority for the continent’s development

November 20th, 2020

After COVID-19 inequality frameworks in Nigeria must address children’s rights and dignity

November 18th, 2020

Military confrontation in Ethiopia, Trump and the geopolitics of dams

November 17th, 2020

COVID-19

After COVID-19 inequality frameworks in Nigeria must address children’s rights and dignity

November 18th, 2020

How have Malawi’s courts affected the country’s epidemic response?

November 13th, 2020

School reopenings in Malawi face challenges with a lack of financial support

November 9th, 2020

Development

Africa and Higher Education

Networks and student support are vital for developing African leaders in higher education

November 25th, 2020

Africa and Higher Education

African students’ access to higher education is a priority for the continent’s development

November 20th, 2020

After COVID-19 inequality frameworks in Nigeria must address children’s rights and dignity

November 18th, 2020

Shifting Spaces

School reopenings in Malawi face challenges with a lack of financial support

November 9th, 2020

The rise and fall of sanitiser and face mask business in Tanzania from COVID-19

September 29th, 2020

No COVID-19 lockdown still threatens livelihoods and trade in Malawi

September 25th, 2020

Politics

What do different generations of Ghanaians make of Jerry Rawlings’ legacy?

November 24th, 2020

Today’s authoritarians project power through militarised masculinity

November 16th, 2020

How have Malawi’s courts affected the country’s epidemic response?

November 13th, 2020

Public Authority

Public Authority

How do grassroots networks in Kenya tackle violence against children?

November 27th, 2020

Public Authority

What are the ethics of researchers helping respondents during a pandemic?

November 23rd, 2020

Today’s authoritarians project power through militarised masculinity

November 16th, 2020

African Elections

African Elections

Can Buhari use electoral reforms to compensate for Nigeria’s anti-corruption efforts?

October 19th, 2020

African Elections

What Burundi teaches us about political crisis and displacement

June 2nd, 2020

African Diaspora

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

March 9th, 2020

Book Reviews

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

Book review – Humanitarianism: A Dictionary of Concepts

September 12th, 2019

Translations

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

October 17th, 2020

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

October 9th, 2020

Les mototaxis de Goma : héros ou agresseurs ?

October 7th, 2020

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