What’s next for Zanzibar after flawed polls and repression?
As I write, Zanzibaris have gone to the polls, ballots have been counted, and implausible results have been announced from Wednesday’s election....
Citizenship is a Room full of Elephants – An Engagement with...
It’s nice to be recognised, even for the wrong reasons. Over the past year or so, we have been thinking and writing...
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...
More Women, but at What Cost? The Pitfalls of Reserved Seats...
On 9 August, Kenyans went to the polls for landmark general elections that featured the highest ever number of women candidates, resulting...
Next Resistance Bureau show on Tanzania, 2 Sept!
Resisting Repression in Tanzania - Wednesday, September 2
11AM New York / 3PM Dakar / 4PM London and...
Land rights and mobility: the unintended consequences of durable solutions in...
Amelia Kuch takes a look at Tanzania, where durable solutions have been offered to Burundian refugees. New political rules are now in play for these...
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...
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",...
How new media platforms have become powerful across Africa
An important site for accountability and representation, or for censorship, fake news and polarisation? George Ogola unpacks how new media platforms have impacted dialogue...
Tanzania’s constitutional review in limbo
The constitutional review in Tanzania got off to a promising start but it is now close to collapse. Michaela Collord charts the rocky road...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?