There is common concern about deteriorating statecraft and the weakening of institutions in countries across Africa.

Africa’s cities are no longer passive recipients of political decisions; they are the crucibles of civic anger, spatial ...

Analysis of political settlements has emerged from the shadows of new institutionalism and moved to the epicentre of political economy analysis across Africa. This debate takes on the framework by ...

The 2025 Africa Country Instability Risk Index (ACIRI) highlights the top 10 most stable African countries, measuring ...

The goal of this Briefing is to weigh in carefully on the respective merits and limits of critical political economy perspectives in African Studies (and beyond) and to make a case for ontological and ...

In doing so we systematically document for the first time the extent to which Africa was politically decentralized, calculating that in 1880 there were probably 45,000 independent polities which were ...

It is very hard and diverse to write a story that shows how power, politics, and development are all related in Africa. A long and stormy past has shaped the writing of this story. This relationship ...

These days, a question crops up when African officials gather to discuss governance: Which president will be ousted by his military next? In the first two decades of this century, 13 successful coups ...

As South Africa‘s Government of National Unity (GNU) is set to enter its second year in mid-2025, cautious optimism is beginning to take root in Africa’s most developed economy. According to the South ...

"This BRICS set-up will be good for Africa, will possibly offer some sort of fairness in regards to trade and political economy of Africa," Dr. Amakanji Oluteyo said NAIROBI, December 17. /TASS/.

The fourth annual Distinguished Lecture in African Studies was hosted at the Colloquium level of Huntsman Hall on Oct. 21. Credit: Abhiram Juvvadi Nobel Prize Laureate Leymah Gbowee delivered the ...