Tanzania – Where President Magufuli’s politics and his economics meet
Michaela point to ways in which Magufuli’s economic strategy supports the consolidation of the President’s own, quite fragile political base. Michaela is a DPhil candidate...
#IIAG: African governments must get the basics right
Luisa Porritt shares and explores with us some of the big issues tackled at this week's conversation on the 2016 Ibrahim Index of African Governance,...
The Successes and Failures of Economic Reform in Africa
Zainab Usman shares with us her new paper on political settlements in Nigeria. Zainab is a doctoral candidate in International Development at the University of...
An executive death threat
Michaela Collord focuses in on Zambia, where President Edgar Lungu recently threatened a prominent newspaper editor. She argues that this move on serves to...
Fuelling progress in Nigeria: Buhari and the petrol subsidy
Zainab Usman tells us why Buhari must phase out Nigeria's petrol subsidy. Zainab is a doctoral candidate in International Development at the University of Oxford. She tweets via...
Corruption and the rule of law in Angola
Our Co-editor Nic Cheeseman shares the experience of Rafael Marques de Morais who has been facing charges in Angola, having provided an account of the corruption...
Exploring dispossession: Biofuel land deals in Ghana
In this post, Festus Boamah explores large-scale land acquisitions in Ghana and the local politics that surround them. Festus is a PhD candidate at...
Agri-food industry growth and the land grab in north-east Africa
In this blog, Marion Dixon explores the changing food regime in Egypt, as well as the political implications of this shifting food nexus in...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?