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...
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...
Discrimination Against Pakistani Asylum Seekers in Uganda: A fair hearing is...
Uganda is one of the top refugee-hosting nations in the world. This has been attributed especially to its progressive refugee legal framework...
“Muhoozi talk” and the future of Uganda
On 2 December, after a fortnight of silence, Muhoozi Kainerugaba started tweeting again. The National Resistance Movement (NRM), he wrote, “is probably...
WATCH! Digital Authoritarianism and How to Resist It
Check out the last show from our sister webinar, the Resistance Bureau. Brilliant speakers talk about the rise of digital authoritarianism and...
Sixty years after Independence, Uganda’s transition to genuine democracy has stalled
Sixty years ago, on the 9 of October 1962, Uganda’s first Prime Minister Dr. Apolo Milton Obote made these remarks in his...
LONG READ: Problematizing the Democratic Imperative – The challenge of transition...
DiA occasionally publishes long reads which allow writers to go into depth on a topic of particular significance. This piece by E.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...
IDAP Launch Event! The importance of ideas and ideologies in Africa...
The importance of ideas & ideologies in Africa
19 JULY 2022
4:00 PM UK/Nigeria, 5:00PM...
How Chinese non-interference enables African authoritarianism
In 2019, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda faced a serious opposition movement led by musician-turned-politician Bobi Wine. Feeling increasingly threatened by Wine’s...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?