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...
What space for women in African peace agreements?
How are women, their roles and functions imagined in future African post-conflict societies? What are the spaces and places that women occupy...
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...
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",...
The Uses and Abuses of Social Media in Africa
A recent conference at the University of Edinburgh went "Beyond the Hashtag" to explore the impact of social media in Africa. Don't worry if...
The state of democracy in Africa
In his regular column for the Daily Nation, our co-editor Nic Cheeseman asks how we should define, measure, and systematically understand democracy across the diverse...
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...
New dictionary provides nuanced insights into the language of African politics
A new dictionary of African politics is much more than just a collection of words argue Eloïse Bertrand, Nic Cheeseman and Sa'eed Husaini.
Every country has...
Power, peace, and space in Africa
Franzisca Zanker tell us about her work with Claudia Simons and Andreas Mehler, which focuses on the local dimensions of power-sharing in Africa. A...
How to clean an election
DiA's Nic Cheeseman joined Svein-Erik Helle (UiB) for a fascinating discussion of how to fight back against electoral manipulation as part of the Breaking Bad...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?