Closure of the Africa Portal
Closure of the Africa Portal
Transitional justice and Silencing the Guns in Africa today
African experiences show that international interest in territorial integrity is selective
Towards gender-equal peace: Ensuring women's meaningful participation in peace processes
Citizens' discontent: a rising force in West Africa
Survey findings: Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, how is Africa's higher education sector faring?
#GoodID lessons: Why Nigeria needs more than the NIN
Bid to blast nuclear weapons into illegality
Africa is the next big skills market – but youth need education and opportunities
Youth perspectives on Mozambique's insurgency: Is inclusive governance the key to stopping it?
Africa: Key issues to track in 2022
As the AU turns 20, it must speak with one voice
How the COVID-19 shock has impacted food security in Africa
A false start for Africa's free trade deal?
The benefits of a gender audit of climate action – Lessons from Ethiopia
Does Russia influence Africa on the UN Security Council?
Friends, foes and the deepening crisis in Ethiopia
Series wrap: Assessing socio-digital identity ecosystems in Africa
Democracy in decline in Africa? Not so fast
New evidence from Somalia points to effective ways to deliver public services in conflict-affected and fragile contexts
New evidence from Somalia points to effective ways to deliver public services in conflict-affected and fragile contexts
3 reasons why Kenya’s presidency of the United Nations Security Council is key to international peace
Lessons from the Pandora Papers: How the world’s elite keep Africa poor through tax avoidance and aid
Are African countries doing enough to ensure cybersecurity and internet safety?
Why Ethiopia is at war with itself
Israel’s accreditation to the AU is dividing Africa
Russia’s efforts to promote cyber norms that serve its interests gain traction in Africa
The BRICS' lagging vaccine diplomacy
Amplified Abuse: Report on online violence against women in the 2021 Ugandan general elections
Turkey in the Sahel
Amid economic collapse, Zambians head to the polls
Kenya: Risks in transforming the national identification system to a digital ID system
Tanzania: NIDA IDs for civic services, or not?
The media's role in resolving conflict between refugees and host communities in Agadez
EVENT: Help the African Union Commission develop a digital ID framework for the continent
Nigeria: There can be no digital identity (ID) without digital security
Are digital IDs in Uganda a tool for inclusion or exclusion?
Blockchain technology: A tool to accelerate free trade in Africa - Part I
The Bear is back: Russian re-engagement with Africa is picking up with Putin in the driving seat
Zimbabwe's Big Brother technology is a threat to digital rights
Accelerating climate resilient economies in Africa is crucial for development
Can the charter city model offer an alternative to Africa’s urban development challenges?
Returning the gaze: Why we need more African think tanks that study the United States
Testing 1-2-3: An evaluation framework for digital ID with lessons from India's Aadhaar system
Social media and the state: Challenging the rules of engagement
Digital ID 101: Making sense of key terminology
African think tanks and the challenge of reinvention for sustainability
Media coverage of migration in the US and Africa: A critique
Introducing the 'Digital ID Dispatches from Africa' series
African leaders must demonstrate commitment to constitutionalism as they seek to strengthen US-Africa ties
Myths and models: What’s driving vaccine hesitancy in Africa and how can we overcome it?
Education, digital skills acquisition and learning during COVID-19 in Nigeria
A dangerous road home for Horn of Africa migrants
Leveraging the AfCFTA to accelerate post-COVID-19 digital industrialisation for African MSMEs
Prioritising youth and women: How the digital economy can protect South Africa’s most precarious
No peace without peace of mind: The impact of violent conflict on individuals and society
Botswana's civil society unpacks the country's big governance issues
Sahel counter-terrorism takes a heavy toll on civilians
Inside the digital society: COVID-19 and e-commerce
Universal Basic Income: Has COVID-19 finally brought a consensus?
Rooting Africa’s COVID-19 recovery: the role of innovation, digital technologies and labour markets
ECOWAS and the question of how to resolve farmer-herder conflict in West Africa
ECOWAS and the question of how to resolve farmer-herder conflict in West Africa
Musings on human rights and transformation in Africa
Cameroon’s authoritarianism fuels its Anglophone separatist war
Q&A: Halting repeated school kidnappings in Nigeria
Electric vehicle battery manufacturing: Why the SADC needs to act now
On shaky ground, the ICC must rebuild with a new prosecutor
South Africa: How do we protect children’s rights in a digital environment only available to some?
'Biden must undo Trump's damaging decision on Western Sahara'
Comparing American and African elections: Perspectives from the 2020 polls in the US, Côte d’Ivoire, Tanzania and Guinea
Mozambique: The time to prepare for the next cyclone is now
Is Africa truly free of wild polio?
The AfCFTA and open borders: Opportunities presented by free migration
The role of Nigeria's faith-based organisations in tackling health crises like COVID-19
Women without borders: What the AfCFTA can do for Botswana’s informal cross border traders
Cascading climate impacts and Africa’s engagement with China’s Belt and Road Initiative
What will make the difference this time? US-Africa relations in a post-Trump America
In defence of the veracity of African media content
High expectations for the next AU Commission chair
Drivers and solutions for Universal Health Coverage in Africa
Africa's wish list for the Biden administration: Expectations vs reality
#EndSARS: A brief history of police brutality in Nigeria
Diplomacy's evolution from horseback to Zoom
Lessons learned in the fire: Preliminary observations on Africa’s digital transformation
Why 'messy' elections could be considered a source of soft power for the US
Focus on migrant returns threatens AU–EU negotiations
The role of digital diplomacy in state recognition in Africa
Is digitalisation de-Africanising African public diplomacy? A philosophical reflection
Rethinking Africa-US relations through the entertainment industry
Integrating digital media as a diplomacy tool in advancing Kenya’s national interests
Digital media and the diplomatic relations of Nigeria
Twiplomacy in Africa: Possibilities and pitfalls for diplomats
The US elections from an African vantage point
How South African students see the United States: Reflections on teaching US foreign policy at the University of the Witwatersrand
Gender equality in South Africa’s creative sector through the regulation of collective management organisations
Ensuring food security in Southern Africa during COVID-19: 6 recommendations for the SADC
COVID-19: Our coverage of the pandemic
Briefing series: Partnership for a Green Transition and Energy Access - Strategic priorities for Africa and Europe
#ZimbabweanLivesMatter: Reflections on a brief Twitter mo(ve)ment
Rethinking secondary education in Africa: How to prepare youth for the future of work
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM): An example of digital diplomacy in practice
Contextualising the impact of the 2020 US elections on Africa
Pathways for theorising African digital diplomacy
Is there a need to broaden the scope of analysis in tackling inequalities in South Africa?
Mali’s military takeover puts popular protests in the spotlight
Why Nigeria should welcome the value and feasibility of acceding to the Hague Conference Children’s Conventions
The promise of digitising cash transfers in sub-Saharan Africa during COVID-19 and beyond
Youth and the digital economy in Africa
The role of youth in governance and leadership in a post-COVID-19 world
Incorporating Africa’s youth into the AU and UN developmental goals
A call for the development sector to invest in the youth during COVID-19
COVID-19 and the youth: Opportunities in information and communications
Issues affecting young women in Africa during COVID-19
Migrant smugglers are profiting from travel restrictions
Are agriculture and economic development still antithetical? Reflections for a post-COVID recovery plan
COVID-19: A thrust towards home-schooling in Kenya
COVID-19 as an opportunity for African knowledge production
Zimbabwe could learn from South Africa's social grants programme amid its COVID-19 crisis
How COVID-19 has strengthened the role of women in the Niger Delta
COVID-19 has spurred knowledge production in Africa – but to what end?
COVID-19: Not much give from China in its relationship with Africa
How to ensure effective government responses as COVID-19 spreads to rural areas
From informal worker to African legal subject: thinking through and beyond COVID-19
Caught between Africa and the West: Kenya’s proposed US free trade agreement
What must governments do to reduce gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Can Lourenço deliver at a time of crisis?
The impact of COVID-19 on food security in Ethiopia
The labour market challenges of COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa
Surveying the impact of COVID-19 on Africa's higher education and research sector
Burundi: Can newly-elected President Ndayishimiye deliver change?
The Climate Change and Migration in Africa Series
Journalism in jeopardy: Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on newspapers
Southern Africa lags behind in protection of (climate) migrants
Tapping diaspora capital for the post-COVID-19 economy
Resolving climate change-induced migration and conflict in South Sudan
COVID-19: How to save the African entrepreneur
Linking energy, food security and health to face COVID-19
The legal protection of climate refugees in East Africa
COVID-19: Implications for the 'digital divide' in Africa
A voice for indigenous communities affected by climate change: Interview with Hindou Ibrahim
No calm after the storm: Re-imagining the role of ‘the media’ in post COVID-19 Africa
COVID-19: An opportunity for strategic African philanthropy
Call for abstracts: EU-Africa Partnership for Energy Access and a Green Transition
COVID-19: Geolocation tracking fuels concerns around privacy and data protection
Has COVID-19 changed the narrative on press freedom in Africa?
Managing the politics of Ethiopia’s COVID-19 crisis
COVID-19: A race against time to avert disaster in West Africa
We're listening: Africa Portal Reader Survey
Africa’s growing risk of diseases that spread from animals to people
Flattening the curve of global emissions?
Born free: 40 years after independence in Zimbabwe
The case for debt relief in Africa amid COVID-19
A new regional approach to water security and governance in the Horn of Africa
How COVID-19 is impacting the African Union's operations
Q&A: The future of Africa’s power sector
COVID-19 and Conflict: 7 Trends to Watch
Could West Africa’s experience with Ebola help it combat COVID-19?
Africa locks down but lacks the keys to respond to the rapid spread of coronavirus
Her body, her choice: Politics of control and ownership over women's bodies
The impact of COVID-19 on African trade
Africa's litigated democracy
As COVID-19 spreads, no major concern for global food security yet
It's a human right, period.
International Women's Day 2020: 10 must-reads from the Portal
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 50 years on: Where does Africa stand?
Africa enters critical stage in coronavirus response
UN human rights report: Accountability long overdue in South Sudan
West African leaders attempt to cling to power and the role of ECOWAS
How to build an extractive industry that will benefit Senegal’s healthcare system?
South Africa has a new chance to promote good governance on the continent
Silencing the guns in Africa: Achievements and stumbling blocks
Cyber crime and data privacy: how Africa can up its game
South Africa’s balancing act in the AU
Expert view: The critical policy issues for Africa in 2020
Has climate change played a role in the exceptional Eastern African 2019 short rains?
Human rights under continued threat in Africa: report
The Sahel’s uphill battle to halt the expansion of Islamist extremism in 2020 - Part II
The Sahel’s uphill battle to halt the expansion of Islamist extremism in 2020 - Part I
Digitalising democracy in SADC: Insights from 2019 Elections
Nanjala Nyabola on the “digital colonialism” transforming Kenya’s political discourse
Most read features: 2019 edition
Justice and commissions of inquiry: a tenuous link?
What do African courts say about banning pregnant girls from school?
Call for abstracts: Climate change and migration in Africa
Negotiating climate change between unequal parties: COP25 from an African perspective
20 years of the APMBC: A mine-free world by 2025?
Platform governance of political speech
Poor in Africa south of the Sahara face rising disproportionate risks from extreme weather
Stepping up e-commerce would boost SA Inc
BRICS 3.0 and India: making the world safe for bilaterals and trilaterals
Elusive justice in Guinea leaves open wounds
Malawi heatwaves threaten tea yields and livelihoods
Calming the choppy Nile dam talks
Policy considerations for gender equality and the AfCFTA
Women in Policy Making: Thoko Mpumlwana
From Russia with love – or perhaps not?
Women in Policy Making: Sabrina Mahtani
Informal traders in Africa’s cities: coopted, coerced or just neglected?
Clausewitz's lesson on friction for African peacekeeping forces
Women in Policy Making: Scheaffer Okore
Cameroon’s Anglophone dialogue: a work in progress
Women in Policy Making: Chief Theresa Kachindamoto
Where are all the women? World Maritime Day 2019
Climate change: a race we must win
Women in Policy Making: Shaden Khallaf
Harmonisation of transboundary water governance: advance or align?
West Africa doesn’t need another counter-terrorism force
Southern Africa debt profiles
4IR in SA is too important to remain the domain of the elite
How technical knowledge flows between China and Africa: it’s complicated
Nurturing Sudan’s fledgling power-sharing accord
How Africa measures up on governance
Which direction will the uprising take in Algeria?
Celebrating Eid Al-Adha amid soaring prices in Egypt
Is the AU becoming more efficient?
Transforming education for youth employment in Africa: challenges for & pathways to success
The Women, Power & Policy Making Series
How do we tackle online risks without sacrificing children’s digital futures?
Maritime security in the Gulf: moving towards actionable outcomes
Preventing further conflict and fragmentation in Ethiopia
What's the future of food subsidies in Egypt?
Visualisation and mapping does not compensate for poor data
Can the peace-trade equation stabilise the Horn?
Humanitarian workers under attack: trends in sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa's defence policy in need of a resupply
Dialogue with Boko Haram: back on the agenda?
Uber, uber on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?
Narendra Modi’s re-election as India’s Prime Minister: Implications for Africa
The healing effects of yoga in Africa
Decriminalising same sex conduct in Africa – Part II
It’s not just about skills, it’s about employability
Decriminalising same sex conduct in Africa – Part I
New Bill offers robust game plan against cybercrime in South Africa
Angola under Lourenço: more than just a promising start?
Principles, practice, and the private sector’s role in malnutrition: Time to review red lines?
Stopping the war for Tripoli
India, Africa and peacekeeping: Beyond the responsibility to protect – Part II
India, Africa and the future of peacekeeping - Part I
East Africa: Marine-based 'blue economies' offer massive potential
Q&A: Egypt uncontested
Rethinking Ghana's youth development architecture: The case for a separate Youth Ministry
From our research library: Essential reads ahead of the South African elections
Return of the generals: Reflections on the military coups in Zimbabwe and Sudan
SADC turns a blind eye to trouble in the Comoros
Addressing sex workers' lack of access to health services in the SADC region
Creating greater inclusion for an African Space Agency
Sub-Saharan Africa makes strides against the death penalty despite regressive steps by a minority of countries
What do the lessons from the Rwandan genocide mean to us now, 25 years later?
What do the lessons from the Rwandan genocide mean to us now, 25 years later?
The African Union’s self-financing agenda: 3 ideational measures that should guide it
Q&A: Achieving universal health coverage in Africa
Towards realising a regional African space programme
Repealing Kenya’s anti-LGBT Penal Code: Activists remain hopeful despite hurdles
Algeria’s pre-election protests put ageing regime under pressure
Call for Abstracts: Women, Power and Policymaking
Call for Abstracts: Women, Power and Policymaking
After the TRC: South Africa’s missed opportunity of prioritising mental health and psycho-social support
Sisi’s chairmanship is not the tonic the African Union currently needs
Drone strikes a growing threat to African civilians
Kagame's AU reforms will struggle to survive without him
Global university rankings and the nuance they omit
IN DEPTH: Unpacking Ethiopia's revised refugee law
8 priorities for the African Union in 2019
Reimagining India-Africa relations in a world in flux
Zimbabwe: Fake news and its effects in a time of crisis
What to expect from Brookings' Foresight Africa 2019 report
After Gbagbo’s acquittal, it's time for the ICC to confront its demons
Are Rwanda and South Africa irreconcilable?
The paradox of Nigeria's oil dependency
Improving prospects for a peaceful transition in Sudan
Tshisekedi's contested victory and the road ahead for the DRC
5 key security challenges for North Africa in 2019
Best of the Africa Portal in 2018
Alternative energy innovation for keeping Africa’s climate below 1.5° C
What did the 16 Days of Activism achieve? A perspective from West and Central Africa
#HearMeToo: Are people finally listening to South Africa’s women?
From our library: 5 reads on HIV and Aids research in Africa
From our library: 5 reads on HIV and Aids research in Africa
16 Days of Activism: From rhetoric to gains for Africa’s women and girls
South Africa's vital role in the future of peacekeeping
HIV prevention pill 'set up to fail' in some African countries
Cameroon: President Biya must free the three students arrested over a Boko Haram joke
Sliding towards disaster: Migration in European-African relations
Africa's First Ladies: Unofficial influencers
What global warming of 1.5°C and higher means for Botswana and Namibia
Good mental healthcare should be part of peacebuilding
The Invisibles: Women on death row in Africa
How to improve livelihood opportunities and biodiversity conservation in Mozambique's Quirimbas National Park: A photo essay
New name but much of the same in eSwatini elections
Al-Shabaab five years after Westgate: Still a menace in East Africa
Is there an end in sight to Togo's political crisis?
Part II: Who wants what? Breaking down the EU and ACP group’s positions in the latest CPA negotiations
Part I: Understanding the Cotonou Partnership Agreement
Tackling Malawi's medical brain drain
eSwatini tests the limits of its absolute monarchy
African philanthropy at the policy table
Post elections: Unpacking the fate of Zimbabwe's independent candidates
SADC Summit: Reviving regional momentum tops the agenda
Labour wary of Mnangagwa's 'Zimbabwe is open for business' mantra
Unaccompanied and afraid in Egypt
Can China free Africa from dependency on the mighty dollar?
Lessons from Egypt and Algeria's counterinsurgency campaigns in the 1990s
Lessons from Egypt and Algeria's counterinsurgency campaigns in the 1990s
Censorship in disguise: Social media taxes 'violate net neutrality'
Living at the edge of the world: Stories of Sahrawi refugees
Rethinking women's political participation in Zimbabwe's elections
Zimbabwe elections: International observers play vital gatekeeping role
To vote or not to vote: Views from Zimbabweans on their country's critical moment
BRICS Gender Forum: Putting women at the centre of development
Young Zimbabwean women lead the way with new methods of electioneering
From our research library: Lessons from Nelson Mandela for Africa's development
How viable is the latest South Sudan peace deal?
Role of refugees in South Sudan’s peace process
5 takeaways from the 31st AU summit
Anticipation builds around Zimbabwe’s elections
What does Australia want in Africa?
South Africa on the UN Security Council: Priorities and challenges
DR Congo: The Bemba Earthquake
Elections in Africa: Trends and lessons
China-South Africa ties at 20 years: 3 key features
Maritime security: Implementing the AU's AIM strategy
Building research infrastructures is key to developing South Sudan’s fisheries sector
The implications of recent changes to Nigeria's tobacco tax policy
The implications of recent changes to Nigeria's tobacco tax policy
Strengthening tobacco control in West Africa: How CRES is leading the charge
Kwame Nkrumah, the AfCFTA and the 'Africa We Want'
In search of Zambia’s 'hidden' public debt
Talking Africa-EU relations in the City of Dragons
How Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal could impact Africa
The Royal Tour: Selling Rwanda as a success story
The nexus between 'youth bulge' and armed conflict
South Africa, Nigeria and the AfCFTA: 6 key questions answered
What can we learn from rising rice production in Senegal?
Africa's scientific infrastructure gap
Cautionary lessons for Ethiopia from Egypt's short-lived revolution
Empowering Africa's judiciaries: Q&A with South Africa's Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng
Preventing Boko Haram abductions of schoolchildren in Nigeria
What China’s President Xi’s extended tenure means for Africa
Sisi’s New Egypt?
The quest for happiness as an underlying motive for violent conflict in Africa
Will the ‘Ramaphosa dawn’ ripple across SADC?
The nexus between oil and conflict in South Sudan
The case for empowering young and emerging researchers
The Scramble for Space
After Kenya’s leaders reconcile, a tough path ahead
Re-engaging Africa should be a foreign policy priority for Cyril Ramaphosa
Women-friendly trade: What can governments do better?
5 papers to read on APRM Day
5 papers to read on APRM Day
International Women's Day: Why gender equality matters in policymaking
Why the Gambia's progress should spur abolition of the death penalty in Africa
Building peace through partnerships: A first-hand experience of South Sudan
The tortured path of global migration reforms
With the US poised to cut disease surveillance in Africa, could the continent’s own disease-tracking centre fill the gap?
SA’s foreign policy: Towards greater strategic partnerships in a post-Zuma era
African think tanks make their mark
An inside view of African diplomacy in the UN Security Council
The APRM at 15: Has African governance come of age?
The APRM at 15: Has African governance come of age?
Forget bugging - The African Union needs to be in China
Making the case for African investment in space programmes
As the AU spotlights corruption, leaders must now walk the talk in combating it
Can technology help leapfrog education in Africa?
The African Democracy Charter at 11: Hard work required to avert democratic deconsolidation
Libya's migrant crisis and the EU's myopia
Africa’s year of Trump: Troubling questions for the continent
Why Donald Trump's leadership traits resonate negatively in Africa
SADC not bridging the digital divide
Africa: 10 things to watch closely in 2018
Our 10 most popular research papers of 2017
Our 10 most popular research papers of 2017
No magic bullet: Cryptocurrencies and complexities in Africa
The good, the bad and the ugly: an economic review of Zuma’s presidency
What 2017 taught us about African politics
Why the focus on China’s role in Mugabe’s fall missed the bigger picture
South Africa's research system is faltering due to financial woes
Africa with open borders: A possibility or a pipe dream?
Book extract: Fate of the Nation – 3 Scenarios for South Africa’s Future
Book extract: Fate of the Nation – 3 Scenarios for South Africa’s Future
Why reforming Zimbabwe’s security sector and mining industry should be high on Mnangagwa’s to-do list
South Africa's waning soft power: A Nigerian perspective
Time to reset AU-EU relations
Robert Mugabe resigns: Reactions from around the world
Locking horns to save the rhino
Peacekeepers and sexual abuse: A persistent stain on the United Nations’ image
Standoff in Zimbabwe as struggle to succeed Mugabe deepens
Do peacekeepers bring peace?
A vocabulary for a sustainable world
IN-DEPTH: Climate change progress, the US withdrawal and what to expect from COP23
Gender gap shrinks in agricultural research in Africa South of the Sahara
From our research library: 5 reads on this World Cities Day
Q&A: All you need to know about Nigeria's Not Too Young To Run campaign
China's national rejuvenation and Africa's role in it
Dismantling the United Nations system
When the press fails the people: A critique of Kenya's media
Somalia’s Resurgence: Mogadishu attack masks rising tide of Somali unity
Africa can feed itself. Here's how.
How Zimbabwe's diamonds lost their sparkle
Working against the grain: Can Liberia avoid violence in the upcoming elections?
How Egypt is tackling Hepatitis C
Nigeria: Northern discontent and the history of Boko Haram
Towards a gender-just internet: Combating online violence against women
After AGOA: It's time for an improved US-Africa trade relationship
Ubuntu, foreign policy and radical uncertainty in South Africa and the world
Nigeria is out of recession but not out of the woods yet
Cameroon's Anglophone crisis demands urgent attention
Morocco's accession to ECOWAS 'will do more harm than good'
Can South Africa de-escalate the Korean Peninsula crisis?
Togo: Unlocking the gate to political succession
Key issues likely to dominate the 2017 BRICS Summit
A brief guide to the Continental Free Trade Agreement
International criminal justice in Africa: Reports of its death are greatly exaggerated
Journalists under duress: Internet shutdowns in Africa are stifling press freedom
'The people have done their part': An election observer’s account from Kenya
Getting youth policy right in Africa
Kenya votes: Kenyatta vs Odinga, Round Two
The role of African think tanks in a post-truth world
Europe's migration crisis and the fallout for Africa
Saving Tanzania's coral reefs: A photo essay
Welcome to the revamped Africa Portal
Welcome to the revamped Africa Portal
Zimbabwe: Of protests, prayer and legacy
Trump’s proposed science funding cuts spell bad news for African research
Best of the Africa Portal: Our 10 most popular research papers
Best of the Africa Portal: Our 10 most popular research papers
Ethiopia’s distinct path to development, with help from China
Why a transformative industrialisation policy is crucial for sub-Saharan Africa
The UN and the AU: An agenda of renewal
What might the new French president mean for Africa?
Why are renewables a game changer for Africa?
