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Informal trade between African countries is greatly underestimated. A study of patterns across Benin’s borders helps fill the knowledge gap.
A lighting revolution is underway across Africa that’s occurred largely without government or donor involvement.
Togo illustrates the difficulty of moving away from personalised politics.
The Viva Tech Fair took place in May 2018 in Paris, showcasing innovation in Africa. The continent’s fablabs, driven by digital tools and collaborative dynamics, are shaking up traditional foundations.
Survey shows Zimbabwean policy makers need not fear a public backlash if they choose to abolition of the death penalty.
Female teachers can act as role models who enhance girls’ motivation and learning outcomes.
Universities play a major role in procuring the human and intellectual resources needed for fulfilling the various goals of the UN’s Agenda 2030.
Health care systems in many African countries are very poor. Instead of fixing them, many African leaders seek medical attention abroad incurring huge bills which are ultimately paid by taxpayers.
The world’s media, which has in the past found Zambia uninteresting, are suddenly paying more attention to the impoverished nation, for all the wrong reasons.
The new Internet of Things has the potential to compensate for Africa’s legacies of underdevelopment.
In Benin the differences between male and female farmers are their specific gender productive and reproductive roles, norms and identity.
West African health systems were weak before the IMF got involved. Sadly, the policy reforms demanded by the IMF in exchange for loans have undermined governments’ ability to repair these problems.
Much of academic philosophy, even on the African continent, is openly and unashamedly in love with the idea of the West as destiny.
Cultural imperialism and looting were part and parcel of the colonial project. Today, some argue this legacy continues. But in a globalised society, where does borrowing end and appropriation begin?
A classical political science debate focuses on whether democracy is dependent on development. The director of the Electoral Integrity Project revisits the issue using new data from African elections.
African elections and referendums are still a heady mixture of the graceful and the shameless.
The African terror group has been weakened, but it’s now wreaking a new kind of havoc.
Months after an inconclusive election, Croatia has at last picked an almost unknown figure to be its new prime minister: Tihomir Orešković, chief financial officer of a Canadian generic pharmaceutical…
Porto Novo in Benin, Rouen in France and Da Nang in Vietnam are taking steps to mitigate the harsh effects of climate change, which will hit them hard if they don’t.
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Associate Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Director of African Studies, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Kalamazoo College
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Senior lecturer, York St John University
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Associate Professor of Strategy & IB, University of Bath
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Senior Researcher, The Nordic Africa Institute
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Research officer, African Population and Health Research Center
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Researcher, Rutgers international
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Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, South Africa and Assistant Professor in the History of International Relations, Utrecht University
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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PhD (Maritime Security)
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Nonresident Research Fellow, Rice University
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Maître de conférence en économie, Université Paris Dauphine – PSL
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Sociologue politiste et enseignant-chercheur, University d'Abomey-Calavi de Bénin