Women’s Activism in Africa: Struggles for Rights and Representation
Our popular Book Club feature brings you accessible and powerful summaries of the best books on Africa. In this edition, Balghis Badri and Aili...
Africa’s Totalitarian Temptation: The Evolution of Autocratic Regimes
How resilient are popular movements for democracy in the face of a global resurgence of totalitarianism? Does Ethiopia and Sudan demonstrate that whatever appeal...
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...
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...
From democracy promotion to ‘politically smart’ governance reform in Africa
Rosie Pinnington provides an important critique of the 'politically smart' governance reform that is being adopted by increasing numbers of donors. Rosie is a DPhil...
Beyond the Dam: Sustaining the Nile Watershed
Ethiopian electrification rates are low, even by African standards. At least 55% of Ethiopians don't have electricity, lagging behind Sudan (40%) and Egypt, which...
How Digital Repression Is Changing African Politics
Africa’s first election of 2021, featuring a presidential race in Uganda between President Yoweri Museveni and opposition leader Bobi Wine, provided a...
DIA Book Club: Hawks and Doves in Sudan’s Armed Conflict
The DIA Book Club presents insights from Suad Musa’s new book, Hawks and Doves in Sudan’s Armed Conflict (James Currey, 2018). In this blog, she...
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...
DIA Book Club: Human Rights in Africa
We are pleased to present a new feature on the DIA website. The DIA Book Club is a forum for some of the most...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?