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  Are you researching the Kenyan elections of 2017? Are you looking for a place to publish your work? If so, then click through for...

  Polls indicate that Kenya's elections are too close to call, while the election will be the most expensive in history. To explain this, Justin...

Alexander Thurston argues that many accounts of shari'a law in Nigeria have underestimated the complex politics that surround this issue, overlooked the diversity of Muslim constituencies...

In the next of our 'New Year, New Questions' series, Sara Rich Dorman highlights the need to explore the emergence of the middle class in...

DiA's Nic Cheeseman looks at the political crisis in South Africa, and argues that simply removing President Jacob Zuma will not solve the country's...

Participation is now a constitutional necessity in Kenya, but how should the government approach this new inclusivity? Nic Cheeseman explore the issue, as part...

Countries emerging from civil war face many challenges: economies in tatters; internal displacement and returning refugees; difficult processes of reconciliation. In the critical moment...

In this article, Katy Long tells us about her new book 'The Huddled Masses' that tackles the issues of immigration and inequality, which have...

This week, we launched a broader series on security in Nigeria, exploring the latest research and comment on the security sector and security threats...

1. Tell us a bit about yourself, and your area of interest.  I’m currently a lecturer in International Development at the Univeristy of Edinburgh.   My...