Six things you should know about Gabon’s election Kelechi Amakoh - April 11, 2025 On April 12, will Gabon step toward democracy, or remain under military rule?
Announcing the ninth African Politics Summer Reading Spectacular! Laura Seay and Kim Yi Dionne - June 2, 2022 Join us in reading some of the latest books on African politics
Trump threatened to suspend the ‘conflict minerals’ provision of Dodd-Frank. That might actually be good for Congo. Nik Stoop, Marijke Verpoorten, and Peter van der Windt - September 27, 2018 Most Americans think of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act as a
Four things you should know about mutinies Kim Yi Dionne - June 15, 2018 [caption id="attachment_74566" align="aligncenter" width="5028"] Soldiers guard a checkpoint in Gwoza, Nigeria,
A controversial article praises colonialism. But colonialism’s real legacy was ugly. Brandon Kendhammer - September 19, 2017 [caption id="attachment_63692" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Women and children prepare to flee
This is what we can learn from Joseph Kony’s bodyguard Laura Seay - July 21, 2017 [caption id="attachment_61206" align="aligncenter" width="192"] (Zed Books)[/caption] Five years after the
Did Congo’s crisis just get a lot worse? Philip Roessler and Harry Verhoeven - February 3, 2017 [caption id="attachment_53587" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Congo police forces clash with civilians
The events in Ivory Coast last week were a textbook case of mutiny Maggie Dwyer - January 10, 2017 [caption id="attachment_52296" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Soldiers involved in a mutiny on
The Lord’s Resistance Army is finally weakening in central Africa. This could dismantle it. Paul Ronan and Ledio Cakaj - December 6, 2016 [caption id="attachment_50714" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Children cheer as troops from the
Violent protests have erupted in Mali. Here’s what is driving them. Kamissa Camara - August 15, 2016 [caption id="attachment_45253" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Young people protest in Bamako in