NEW SEMINAR SERIES WITH IDCPPA: Join us for a webinar on...
Democracy in Africa is delighted to be joining forces with the fantastic Institute for Democracy, Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa of...
How Isaias Afwerki’s gamble in Ethiopia is endangering Eritrean sovereignty
Since the conflict in Tigray started in 2020, Eritrea has become further entangled in Ethiopian politics. Young Eritrean conscripts assigned to the...
Join the new “Ideas in African Politics” Network now!
You are invited to join a new research network study of the history and impact of African political thought. The name for...
#BookClub: What the Lumumba generation tells us about decolonization in Africa
The discrepancies between Belgian colonial propaganda and the lived experience of Congolese collided on 30 June 1960 before the eyes of a...
Reconciling democracy and development: Reflections from a life of research
Oda van Cranenburgh recently retired from Leiden University after a career of researching the politics of what are often called "developing countries",...
AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES & AFRICA – LAUNCH & INTRO!
Here at Democracy in Africa we are delighted to be launching one of our Special Issues, this time looking at the question...
Russia in Africa – Undermining democracy through elite capture
To gain insight into Russia’s governance model in Africa, one only need look at the experience of the Central African Republic. Russian...
DEMOCRACY CAPTURE & THE SHADOW STATE IN AFRICA – DOWNLOAD THE...
On World Democracy Day, 15 September 2021, the Centre for Democratic Development and Democracy in Africa will join forces to release two...
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...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?