Selected Articles

A new destination for open access research in Africa - Lancet 492293
Sahel juntas are 'crushing' basic freedoms - DW 12.06.26 518157
Can Macron’s Kenya visit revive French influence in Africa? - Al Jazeera 13.05.26 516176
Ivory Coast dissolves electoral body amid criticism - Al Jazeera 07.05.26 515382
Africa's investment in 2026: The continent's economic rise - Borgen Project 05.05.26 515444
Can Gen Z Protests Reshape Governance in Africa? - CSIS 10.04.26 514641
Africa at its own crossroads: water, sovereignty and narrative power at the 39th African Union Summit - Pressenza 16.02.26 509222
African Coups and the Elite-Forces Trap - Journal of Democracy 02.02.26 508786
A marriage of three: Will Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso bloc reshape the Sahel? - Al Jazeera 31.12.25 503054
Africa does not need to borrow democracy; it needs to reclaim it - Al Jazeera 21.11.25 498996
Africa in the age of many powers - IPS 03.11.25 497476
The US and Russia’s proxy war is bleeding Africa - Al Jazeera 25.09.25 493907
Campaigners want to change the world map to show Africa is bigger - AP News 25.08.25 485238
The Guardian view on Africa and maps: drawn true, its scale and promise can’t be ignored - Guardian 22.08.25 485239
Video: African Union Urges Adoption of World Map Showing Continent's True Size - WION 16.08.25 485236
African Union urges adoption of world map showing continent’s true size - CNN 15.08.25 485235
Why an African group wants to replace the traditional world map - The Independent 14.08.25 485237
‘Thithi president!’: Supporters rally for banned Ivorian opposition hopeful - Al Jazeera 20.06.25 476013
Africa’s Complicated Democratic Landscape - CSIS 17.06.25 496596
Democracy in East Africa is retreating. Here is how it can be saved - Al Jazeera 26.05.25 471185
Africa doesn’t need aid. It needs control over its critical minerals - Al Jazeera 12.04.25 465045
Ever wonder why Africa’s borders appear so strange? - Al Jazeera 23.02.25 458412
Video: How realistic is the African Union’s call for reparatory justice? - Al Jazeera 15.02.25 457315
Ivory Coast says French troops to leave country after decades - Al Jazeera 01.01.25 448526
The New Scramble for Africa in the Vacuum of Empire - Novara Media 05.12.24 444712
Is Africa experiencing a protest-led revolution? - Al Jazeera 12.08.24 427672
After training African coup leaders, Petagon blames Russia for African coups - Intercept 06.06.24 417928
Africa’s Debt Crisis Needs a Bold New Approach and a Way Forward - Global Issues 28.02.24 400777
Civilian Deaths From Terrorism in Africa Spiked 101,300% During "War on Terrorism" - CD 14.02.24 445761
Au revoir, Sahel: Did 2023 crush France’s influence in Africa? - Al Jazeera 31.12.23 391638
Video: What’s behind recent coups in Africa? - Al Jazeera 29.12.23 391655
Coups, climate and cost of living: Key issues that shaped 2023 in Africa - Al Jazeera 19.12.23 390142
Video: Niger, Burkina and Beyond: All Across West Africa a Wave is Growing w/ Kambale Musavuli - BreakThrough News YouTube 04.10.23 377074
Video: Niger and Burkina Faso KICK OUT France as Africa Strengthens Russia Ties - Danny Haiphong 04.09.23 387160
Africa’s coup epidemic: Has democracy failed the continent? - Al Jazeera 22.09.23 373613
Juntas of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso sign security pact - DW 16.09.23 373298
“French Africa” Is Dead - Jacobin 09.09.23 371342
Season of putsch: Why have coups become popular in Africa? - Al Jazeera 01.09.23 370311
Gabon coup is the latest in a series of military takeovers on the continent - BBC 31.08.23 370309
Africa: the 7 military coups over the last three years - Africa News 30.08.23 369217
Mapping Africa’s coups d’etat across the years - Al Jazeera 30.08.23 369215
Recent coups in West and Central Africa - Reuters 30.08.23 369216
Is Niger’s Coup the Sahel’s Last Straw? - FP 28.08.23 369221
Video: Why West African nations are seeing a spate of military coups - PBS 26.08.23 369220
Civilian support for military coups is rising in parts of Africa: why the reasons matter - The Conversation 20.08.23 369219
Niger: The resource politics of a post-colonial revolt - African Arguments 15.08.23 369226
A key lesson from the Niger crisis: Africans, not global powers, will plot the continent’s path - The Guardian 14.08.23 369225
Military coups in Africa: here’s what determines a return to civilian rule - Conversation 11.08.23 367559
Coup in Niger Reflects Tectonic Shifts in Africa - Socialist Revolution 07.08.23 369223
Imperial disintegration: What’s happening in West Africa? - People's World 02.08.23 369227
Africa’s string of coups points to waning Western influence - Al Majalla 02.08.23 369224
Why China is outpacing America in the scramble for African trade - The Citizen 27.06.23 355733
Wagner's network in Africa faces uncertain future - BBC 27.06.23 355699
2022 US-Africa Leaders Summit: American and African companies reach deals worth $16.2 billion - Ghana News Agency 14.06.23 352686
Video: Anjan Sundaram on Covering Africa: From Rwanda to the Devastating War in DRC to Rise of U.S. AFRICOM - DN! 09.06.23 353379
Cameroonian women win German Africa Prize for peace efforts - DW 06.06.23 362351
Trafficking in the Sahel: Guns, gas, and gold - Global Issues 20.05.23 347149
Why Women Haven’t Been Successful in Nigerian Elections - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 09.05.23 362352
Video: A scramble for Africa’s gas and critical minerals. Who wins? - Al Jazeera 29.04.23 343084
Men Fighting, Women Breaking-up: Sudanese Women’s Movements, the Wing of the Patriarch? - African Arguments 13.04.23 362355
North African feminism’s growing impact - Japan Times 13.04.23 362356
U.S. Turns Spotlight on Russian Paramilitary Group Wagner's Africa Activities - All Africa 24.03.23 336791
Russia overtakes China in race to supply arms to sub-Saharan Africa - The East African 19.03.23 335830
Women gain foothold in Africa's political landscape - Global Voices 09.03.23 362273
IWD:5 African women who have already made huge strides in 2023 - Business Insider Africa 08.03.23 362357
How can Germany's feminist policies benefit Africa? - DW 07.03.23 362358
‘Change will come’: Africa’s ‘dinosaur’ leaders win polls, but their young challengers won’t fade away - Observer 05.03.23 333305
Nigeria elections 2023: Why are there so few female candidates? - BBC 23.02.23 362353
Security, trade top issues at annual African Union summit - Al Jazeera 18.02.23 330316
Video: How will the African Union manage the continent? - Al Jazeera 17.02.23 330325
Why West Africa has had so many coups and how to prevent more - Conversation 15.02.22 368995
Equality drive launched by African women leaders at landmark conference - UN 14.02.23 362354
A Deeper Look Into the West African Coup Wave - FPRI 09.01.23 370310
The new model of coups d'état in Africa: Younger, less violent, more popular - IDEA INT. 19.12.22 369218
Video: A 21st Century Resource War: Emira Woods on How Racism, Extraction & Militarism Are Devastating Africa - DN! 16.12.22 320288
Terrorism intensifying across Africa, exploiting instability and conflict - UN News 10.11.22 315013
6 facts about democracy in West Africa - Borgen Project 10.09.22 304912
Why Electoral Malpractices are the Leading Form of Governance in Africa - Global Issues 22.08.22 302072
Africa: Western Colonialism vs The Legacy of the Soviet Union - Common Dreams 07.08.22 300605
Corruption: Africa’s undeclared pandemic - Al Jazeera 02.07.22 293726
‘White hands’: The rise of private armies in African conflicts - Al Jazeera 28.04.22 284558
Priorities for advancing women’s equal political leadership in the coming year - Brookings 23.02.22 362274
Wave of Coups Disrupts Africa as U.S.-Trained Soldiers Play Key Role in Overthrowing Governments - Democracy Now! 08.02.22 272946
Contagious coups: what is fuelling military takeovers across west Africa? - Guardian 07.02.22 272748
Are coups catching on in West Africa? - Al Jazeera 07.02.22 272850
US names David Satterfield new special envoy for Horn of Africa - Al Jazeera 06.01.22 268603
2021, the year military coups returned to the stage in Africa - Al Jazeera 28.12.21 267347
America and China opened the door for African coups to return - Al Jazeera 03.12.21 263939
Are military takeovers on the rise in Africa? - BBC 26.10.21 259211
West African bloc resorts to sanctions over Guinea and Mali coups - Reuters 17.09.21 257280
Africa is America’s greatest geopolitical opportunity. Does the US know it? - Atlantic Council 25.05.21 246074
Interview: Africa has much to celebrate on Africa Day - HRW 25.05.21 245455
A Guide to US Empire in Africa: Neocolonial Order & AFRICOM - Empire Files 13.03.21 238330
Ivory Coast votes in a parliamentary poll amid political turmoil - Al Jazeera 06.03.21 237470
Biden and Africa. What now? - WSImag 14.02.21 235270
Watch: What is the state of democracy on continental Africa today? - Al Jazeera 28.12.20 229886
Africa readying for free trade, come January 2021 - Global Issues 14.12.20 228193
Ivory Coast president claims landslide win, opposition cries foul - Al Jazeera 03.11.20 222388
Will Ivory Coast's 'president for life' unleash chaos? - Guardian 20.08.20 214454
The west ignores the growth of Islamist insurgents in Africa at its peril - Guardian 29.02.20 200358