The international system is undergoing a profound strategic transformation as governments increasingly prioritise geopolitical competition over long-term development cooperation. This growing trend, c...

Black African youth face unemployment rates more than 4x those of their white counterparts - a continuation of apartheid’s structural logic by other means

Africa is launching national AI strategies, signing partnerships with hyperscalers and seeking a place in the AI value chain. Whether African economies can achieve these goals will depend on whether…

Africans are being co-opted into the Russian armed forces and being forced to fight in Ukraine. This is a symptom of a global system that leaves migrants vulnerable to exploitation, writes Yohannes…

While some countries introduce laws and policies to protect women, a lack of political will across Africa and particularly in Nigeria, leaves women vulnerable to online abuse and sexual harassment,…

An event hosted by the Department of Government featuring renowned political philosopher and public intellectual, Chiara Cordelli.

Joseph Atta-Mensah, warns that the US-Israel war on Iran may feel like a distant conflict to many in Africa, but it poses a direct shock to the continent’s economic future. At first glance, a…

6.30pm Wednesday 27 May | Registration required | Free hybrid public event at LSE

The intensifying strategic competition between America and China is reshaping global trade, industrial policy and supply chains in ways that businesses can no longer ignore.

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Children's Lived Experience of Poverty and Vulnerability in Kenya by Elizabeth Ngutuku is an ethnography of child poverty in Kenya centring children's agency.

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a landmark trade and investment integration project intended to create a single African market for goods and services. But, as Paul R. Baker, Smita…

Over the past few years, minerals that were once confined to specialist mining circles have moved to the centre of global strategy.

Britain is a middle power, and many African countries are emerging as middle powers in their own right. We must now work together to our mutual benefit, writes Mbelwa Kairuki, High Commissioner of…

Africa is confronting a pivotal geopolitical moment, writes Stephen Nduvi. As the US retreats from multilateral leadership and tightens mobility regimes, the continent faces not just a diplomatic…

The fate of El Fasher in Sudan exposes the widening chasm between international humanitarian law's prohibition on starvation as a method of warfare and the mechanisms available to enforce it, writes…

Ethiopia's government has systematically cut off internet access during armed conflicts, hiding human rights abuses and preventing journalists from reporting on violence. Aemro Ayalew argues that…

Africa’s youthful demographic profile masks an impending and large-scale age transition. This demands early investment in safe, age-friendly toilets, an essential need that becomes increasingly critic...

President Trump is trying to apply his transactional approach to peace to the current conflict in eastern Congo. However, as Koen Vlassenroot, Kasper Hoffmann and Judith Verweijen write, without addre...

6:30pm Wed 21 Jan | Steffen Hertog | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

6.30pm Mon 19 Jan | Patricia Kingori | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

A focus on mitigation potential denies Africa the opportunity to develop through industrialisation, while ignoring the effects of climate change already affecting the continent, writes Soha Benchekrou...

6.30pm Weds 3 Dec | Nisrin Elamin | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

Chinese scholarships have become an avenue for mutual gains between Ghana and China, writes Philip Akrofi Atitianti. Over the past two decades, China has emerged as a significant provider of higher ed...

Despite some electoral gains, Malawi is still falling short of its own goals for gender equality in politics. It might be time to reform the system, writes Victoria Lihiru. Malawi’s elections on 16…

6.30pm Weds 3 Dec | Nisrin Elamin | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

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There is a growing trend of people turning to AI because they cannot access mental health support. Current chatbots are not designed for this. But, rather than simply build better bots, we need to…

We are thrilled to have Professor Adel Daoud present at our seminar on Friday 21 November, from 2.00pm to 3.00pm.

Awaab's Law gives tenants of social housing new powers against neglectful landlords, but amidst a housing crisis, those powers will have limited effect.

When countries leave any international organisation, it undermines its remit. But what will Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger leaving the ICC mean for justice, asks Abubakar Usman Abubakar. The Sahel…