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As the terrible abduction of journalist Hopewell Chin'ono in Zimbabwe demonstrates, free speech and civil liberties are under threat in Africa during the pandemic.
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#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...
#BookClub: Building peace out of diversity and violence
A potent issue in designing institutions to address violent conflict is whether such institutions should explicitly recognize or avoid reference to ethnic identities. Conflicts...
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...
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...
COVID-19 in Africa: Going Beyond Lockdowns vs. Livelihoods
The COVID-19 outbreak pandemic has rapidly re-shaped ways of life in Africa and across the world. It has destroyed lives, it threatens to undermine...
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...
Debate: Democracy vs. Authoritarianism in Africa
DiA's Nic Cheeseman went on the BBC's News Day programme to talk about his new book Authoritarian Africa. But the interview quickly evolved into...
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...
The hypocrisy of the Western aid regime
As part of our popular Book Club series, Tobias Hagmann and Filip Reyntjens discuss the key lessons from their powerful publication Aid and Authoritarianism: Development...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?