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...
Has Zimbabwe removed a tyrant but not a tyranny?
As we continue the debate about what is likely to happen next in Zimbabwe, Nicole Beardsworth explains the many continuities between the Mugabe and...
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...
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...
#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,...
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...
Bad Khama: The Corruption of the Botswanan Presidency
Kenneth Good looks back at the legacy of General Ian Khama, who has just announced that he will soon step down as president of Botswana, and concludes...
Zimbabwe’s Predatory State: Party, Military and Business
In this article, Jabusile Shumba discusses his recently published book: Zimbabwe’s predatory state: Party, military and business. He argues that the voracious modes of...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?