Making Sense of DR Congo’s Stunning Political Turnaround
Until December 2020, the Front Commun pour le Congo (FCC) of ex-president Joseph Kabila held a majority of 338 out of 500...
How to Revive Africa’s Lost Civic Spaces
It was a hot afternoon at the Obafemi Awolowo University campus, a university situated in the ancient city of Ile-Ife, a little...
#BookClub: East Africa After Liberation
In the latest in our popular #BookClub feature, Jonathan Fisher reveals the most significant lessons of his important new book East Africa After Liberation. To...
The Impact of COVID19 on Food Security in Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all sectors of economies globally. Here in Africa, the crisis has drastically impacted food security. Supply chains, food and...
How COVID-19 is putting immunization at risk
The current COVID-19 pandemic has deflected attention away from other health priorities. However, the coronavirus is far from the only virus people that are...
Compassion vs. coercion: Protecting lives & enhancing legitimacy in COVID-19 Africa
As cases of coronavirus rise across Africa, there is growing recognition that the pandemic could evolve into a crisis not just of health and...
The Continent – brilliant free African journalism
The Continent is a brilliant new venture from Simon Allison and the team at Mail&Guardian. It brings together fantastic writing from African journalists across...
Authoritarian Africa – Watch the Video of Fromagehomme’s new book!
DiA's very own Fromagehomme (aka Prof Nic Cheeseman) has a new book out with Dr Jonathan Fisher called Authoritarian Africa: Repression, Resistance and the...
Negotiating public services: State, society and governance in the Congo
How are public services delivered in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a country which is largely known for the absence, and fragility of...
Leaders for a new Africa? A new ISPI Report
The Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) just published its new Africa Report – Leaders for a new Africa. Democrats, autocrats and development...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?