#BookClub: Remembering African Labor Migration to the Second World
In our regular #BookClub feature, Marcia Schenck shares some of the highlights of her new work: Remembering African Labor Migration to the...
Signal interrupted: When state security goes rogue
In March this year, a drone plummeted through the sky and into the dense bush of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique, landing...
Where is Hochnamibian? – a rejoinder to Bjarnesen et al
On 2 March, Bjarnesen et al engaged with our reply to their earlier post on citizenship in Africa. Our reply had expressed...
Digitalisation and democracy: Is Africa’s governance charter fit for the digital...
The rise of innovative communication technologies has deeply changed how societies and their governments interact, affecting both democratic processes and the ways...
Intervening to Undermine Democracy in Africa: Russia’s Playbook for Influence
Joseph Siegle reviews Samuel Ramani’s Russia in Africa: Resurgent Great Power or Bellicose Pretender? (Hurst, 2023).
It is often said that since the...
Discrimination Against Pakistani Asylum Seekers in Uganda: A fair hearing is...
Uganda is one of the top refugee-hosting nations in the world. This has been attributed especially to its progressive refugee legal framework...
Applying Japanese Productivity Methods in Africa: Can Kaizen help to...
Amidst December's US-African Leaders Summit and ongoing debates around the impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, watchers of international development cooperation...
Britain’s new relationship with Africa?
On 2 November, the Royal African Society marked its 120th Anniversary with a celebration of Creative Africa at The Shard in London. It...
#BookClub. Democracy Under Pressure: Where do we go from here?
There is an increasing mood of pessimism, or even alarm, about the fragile state of our world today. We have climate change that...
The Irony of La Francophonie
As the Summit of La Francophonie begins in Djerba in Tunisia, the organization and the francophone world it represents are faced with...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?